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The Old Testament Story

by: Tullock, John; McEntire, Mark

The Old Testament Story

by: Tullock, John; McEntire, Mark

ISBN 13:
9780131538986
ISBN 10:
0131538985
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

For Introduction to the Old Testament courses. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Old Testament, this text provides complete background detail as it follows the story told by the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Examines the separate biblical books and illustrates the literary structure of each of the books of the Protestant Christian Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.

Bibliographical Abbreviations

Maps

xvii

Preface

xix

The Book and Those Who Study It

(22)

The Old Testament: What Is It?

(1)

The Vehicles that Carry the Story

(1)

How It Began

(2)

How It Developed

(3)

The Work of Scholars

(5)

Archaeology as a Tool for Understanding

(7)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(2)

The Geographical and Historical Settings for the Old Testament Prior to 1200 B.C.E.

(15)

The Fertile Crescent

(1)

Mesopotamia

(2)

Asia Minor

(1)

Egypt

(1)

Syria-Phoenicia

(2)

Palestine

(8)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(1)

Israel Looks at the Beginnings

(24)

The Beginnings

(8)

The Ancestors

(13)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(2)

Israel Becomes a People: Exodus and Wilderness

(38)

The Book of Israel's Beginnings

(1)

The Literary Structure of Exodus

(1)

The Importance of the Exodus Story

(1)

The Nature of the Exodus and the Exodus Materials

(1)

Moses: Birth and Wilderness Years

(3)

Moses: The Struggle with Pharaoh

(7)

The Exodus

(3)

Troubles in the Wilderness

(1)

Sinai and the Giving of the Law

(4)

The Principles Made Practical: The Law Codes

(5)

The Ten Commandments and the Codes

(1)

After the Convention Was Over

(2)

On the March Again

(7)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(2)

Israel Gains a Home: Joshua and Judges

100

(25)

Two Views of How Israel Acquired the Land: Joshua and Judges

100

(1)

The International Scene

101

(1)

The Invasion of Canaan

102

(5)

Dividing the Land and Renewing the Covenant

107

(3)

Another Look at the Conquest

110

(2)

The Period of the Judges

112

(7)

There Was No King in Israel: Three Stories

119

(1)

Summary of the Book of Judges

120

(1)

Recent Views of the Acquisition of the Land

121

(2)

Study Questions

123

(1)

Endnotes

123

(2)

Israel Demands a King: Samuel and Saul

125

(22)

Samuel: The Judge Who Appointed Kings

125

(1)

The Sources for the History of the Israelite Kingdoms

125

(4)

The Beginning of the Philistine Wars

129

(2)

The Roles Samuel Played

131

(2)

Saul: The Last Judge and the First King (1020--1000 B.C.E.)

133

(5)

Saul and David

138

(2)

David, the Outlaw

140

(3)

The End of Saul's Reign

143

(1)

Samuel and Saul: A Summary

144

(1)

Study Questions

145

(1)

Endnotes

146

(1)

Israel's Time of Glory: David and Solomon

147

(25)

David: King Over Judah (1000--993 B.C.E.)

147

(2)

David: King Over All Israel (993--961 B.C.E.)

149

(2)

The Court History of David

151

(9)

Solomon: Riches, Wisdom, and Foolishness (961--922 B.C.E.)

160

(9)

Study Questions

169

(1)

Endnotes

170

(2)

Israel Becomes Two: The History of the Northern Kingdom

172

(39)

Method of Approach

172

(1)

The Problem of Chronology

173

(1)

The Division of the Kingdom

173

(3)

The Dynasty of Omri (876--842 B.C.E.)

176

(11)

Jehu to Jeroboam II (842--746 B.C.E.)

187

(1)

Israel's Eighth-Century Prophets: Amos and Hosea

188

(20)

Study Questions

208

(1)

Endnotes

209

(2)

Judah: Rehoboam to Hezekiah (922--687 B.C.E.)

211

(24)

Judah after the Breakup

211

(1)

Jehu's Purge and Judah (849--742 B.C.E.)

212

(1)

Judah during Israel's Last Days

213

(1)

The Eighth-Century Prophets from Judah

214

(1)

Isaiah and the Kings of Judah

214

(15)

Micah: The Country Preacher

229

(3)

Summary of the Eighth-Century Prophets

232

(1)

Study Questions

233

(1)

Endnotes

233

(2)

Judah: Manasseh to Zedekiah and the Exile

235

(32)

The International Situation

235

(1)

The Situation in Judah

235

(5)

Two Prophets and King Jehoiakim

240

(5)

Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Last Days of Judah

245

(19)

Study Questions

264

(1)

Endnotes

265

(2)

The Exile: Judah's Dark Night of the Soul

267

(42)

After the Fall

267

(5)

With the Exiles in Babylon

272

(2)

The Prophet of the Transition: Ezekiel

274

(17)

The End Has Come for Babylon

291

(1)

The Exile's Great Unknown Prophet

292

(15)

Study Questions

307

(1)

Endnotes

308

(1)

The Post-Exilic Period: Judah Revived

309

(15)

The International Situation (538--522 B.C.E.)

309

(1)

The Restored Community

310

(6)

The Time of Silence

316

(1)

Ezra and Nehemiah

316

(6)

Study Questions

322

(1)

Endnotes

322

(2)

A Legacy of Israel: Wise Men and Psalm Singers

324

(39)

Wise Men and Wisdom Literature

324

(22)

The Sweet Singers of Israel

346

(15)

Study Questions

361

(1)

Endnotes

362

(1)

The Time of Silence: Judah in Eclipse

363

(22)

The Historical Situation

363

(1)

The Maccabean Revolt

364

(1)

The Word of the LORD in Difficult Times

365

(18)

Study Questions

383

(1)

Endnotes

384

(1)

Epilogue: The Continuing Story

385

(9)

Life in the Jewish Community

385

(1)

The Rise of Parties and Sects

386

(2)

Literary Activity

388

(3)

Judaism's Oral Tradition

391

(1)

The End of the Matter

392

(1)

Study Questions

392

(1)

Endnotes

393

(1)

Glossary

394

(9)

For Further Study

403

(8)

Comprehensive Chronological Chart

411

(4)

Index

415

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