A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Here the erudition of Collins' renowned Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is combined with even more student-friendly features, including charts, maps, photographs, chapter summaries, illuminating vignettes, and bibliographies for further reading. The second edition has been carefully revised to take the latest scholarly developments into account. A dedicated website includes test banks and classroom resources for the busy instructor
Introductions
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The Near Eastern context
The nature of the Pentateuchal narrative
The primeval history
The patriarchs
The Exodus from Egypt
The revelation at Sinai
The priestly theology : Exodus 25-40, Leviticus, and Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings 1-16 : Solomon and the divided monarchy
1 Kings 17-2 Kings 25 : tales of prophets and the end of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah
Amos and Hosea
Isaiah
The Babylonian era : Jeremiah and Lamentations
Ezekiel
The additions to the Book of Isaiah
Postexilic prophecy: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, Jonah
Ezra and Nehemiah
The Books of Chronicles
The Psalms and Song of Songs
Proverbs
Job and Qoheleth
The Hebrew short story: Ruth, Esther
Daniel, 1-2 Maccabees
The deuterocanonical wisdom books: Ben Sira, Wisdom of Solomon
From tradition to canon