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Fully revised for even easier readability, the second edition offers additional coverage of such compelling topics as levirate marriage, the law of talion, and traditionally pure and impure foods.
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Engaging and accessible to students from all backgrounds, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context, Second Edition, is an updated, concise, and more pedagogical version of Michael D. Coogan's best-selling The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, Second Edition (OUP, 2010). Coogan works primarily from a historical and critical methodology but also introduces students to literary analysis and other interpretive strategies. He examines all the books of the Hebrew Bible and considers additional writings from the ancient Near East. The Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books are included in an appendix. Providing a nondenominational and nondoctrinal treatment, this text offers a unique and captivating introduction to the Hebrew scriptures themselves and to how they have been-and can be-interpreted.PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES: * Chapter introductions connecting each chapter to the preceding material and previewing the material to come * Chapter summaries that highlight key points and link each chapter to the rest of the book * Important terms, boldfaced at their first appearance and defined in the glossary * Numerous strategically placed text boxes that offer interesting and useful supplementary information * Timelines, photos, illustrations, maps, and a four-color insert on Jerusalem in biblical times * Review questions, suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and annotated bibliographies at the end of each chapter * A FREE 6-month subscription to Oxford Biblical Studies Online (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com)-a $180 value-with the purchase of every new copy of this text. Please contact your Oxford University Press Sales Representative at 800.280.0280 for details.additional coverage of such compelling topics as levirate marriage-in which the brother of a deceased man is obligated to marry his brother's widow-the law of talion ("an eye for an eye"), and traditionally pure and impure foods * Three new text boxes: "Myth and the Bible," "'God' and the Lord (God)," and "The Judges of Israel in the Book of Judges" * Ten new or revised illustrations and maps * Expanded and improved glossary and timelines * Thoroughly updated general and chapter bibliographies * A new table in the appendix depicting the modern equivalents for biblical weights and measures * A fully updated Instructor's Resource CD featuring a test bank of multiple-choice questions, chapter summaries, essay questions, Powerpoint-based lecture outlines, suggested readings, a glossary, and downloadable PDF files of maps from the book * An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/coogan containing all of the material from the Instructor's Manual along with student resources including self-quizzes, a glossary, maps, and relevant links
Contents
*=NEW TO THIS EDITION ; PART ONE. INTRODUCTORY ; 1. WHAT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT? ; The Jewish Canon ; The Christian Canons ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 2. THE PROMISED LAND: GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND IMPORTANCE ; Geography ; History ; Importance ; A Look Back and Ahead ; PART TWO. COSMIC ORIGINS ; 3. CREATIONS GENESIS 1-3 ; The Book of Genesis ; Genesis 1 and the Sabbath ; The Second Account of Creation (Gen 2.4b-3.24) ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 4. THE Traditional View ; The Development of Modern Interpretation ; A Summary of the Documentary Hypothesis ; The Formation of the Pentateuch ; Challenges to the Documentary Hypothesis ; Other Strategies for Interpreting the Pentateuch ; Primeval History ; J (the Yahwist Source) ; P (the Priestly Source) ; The Flood ; A Look Back and Ahead ; PART THREE. NATIONAL ORIGINS ; 5. THE Criticism ; Form Criticism ; Ancient Near Eastern Parallels ; The Joseph Narrative ; The Ancestors of Israel ; History and the Ancestors of Israel ; The Religion of the Ancestors ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 6. ESCAPE FROM EGYPT EXODUS 1-15 ; The Book of Exodus ; Exodus 1-15 ; The Exodus and History ; The Exodus and the History of Religions ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 7. FROM EGYPT TO SINAI EXODUS 16-24 ; Itineraries ; Incidents on the Journey ; At Sinai ; Covenant ; The Ten Commandments ; The Ratification of the Covenant ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 8. LAW, RITUAL, AND HOLINESS EXODUS 20.22-23.33 AND 25-40 AND LEVITICUS ; Law in the Ancient Near East ; The Covenant Code (Ex 20.22-23.33) ; The Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Priestly Vestments and Ordination ; The Golden Calf ; The Ritual Decalogue ; Sequel ; The Book of Leviticus ; Sacrifices (Lev 1-7) ; The Consecration Ceremonies and Their Aftermath (Lev 8-10) ; Purity and Impurity (Lev 11-15) ; The Day of Atonement ; The Holiness Code ; Women in Israelite Ritual and Law ; The Ethics of Leviticus ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 9. IN THE WILDERNESS NUMBERS ; The Book of Numbers ; Preparations for the Journey ; Law, Ritual, and Purity ; The Chronology and Geography of the Wanderings ; Rebellions in the Wilderness ; Opposition on the Journey ; Preparations for the Entry into the Land ; A Look ; The Book of Deuteronomy ; The Origins of Deuteronomy ; The Deuteronomic School ; The Character and Personality of Moses ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 11. History ; The Book of Joshua ; History and the Book of Joshua ; A Look Back ; The Book of Judges ; History and the Israelite Confederation ; The Book of Ruth ; A Look Back and Ahead ; PART FOUR. KINGS AND PROPHETS ; 13. THE 1-11 AND PSALM 89 ; The Books of Kings ; 1 Kings 1-11 ; The Ideology of the KINGS 14 ; History ; Institutions and Society ; Prophets and Prophecy ; The Legends of Elijah and Elisha ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 17. THE NORTHERN History ; Box 17.1 Chronology of the Eighth Century BCE ; Prophetic Books and "Classical" Prophecy ; Amos ; Hosea ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 18. THE KINGDOM CHRONICLES 29-32, ISAIAH 1-39, AND MICAH ; History ; The Reign of Hezekiah ; Isaiah ; The Siege of Jerusalem in 734 BCE ; The Assyrian Invasion of Judah JERUSALEM 2 KINGS 21-25, 2 CHRONICLES 33-36, ZEPHANIAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, AND JEREMIAH ; History ; The Reign of Manasseh ; The Reign of Josiah ; The Last Kings of Judah ; The Fall of Jerusalem ; The Book of Zephaniah ; The Book of Nahum ; The Book of Habakkuk ; Jeremiah ; A Look Back and Ahead ; PART FIVE. LAMENTATIONS, PSALM 137, OBADIAH, AND EZEKIEL ; History ; The Book of Lamentations ; The Jews in Babylonia ; Psalm 137 ; The Book of Obadiah ; Ezekiel ; A Look Back and Ahead ; 21. RETURN FROM EXILE EZRA 1-2 AND ISAIAH 34-35 AND 40-55 ; History ; The Priestly Source of the Pentateuch ; The Exilic Edition of the Deuteronomistic History ; Isaiah 40-55 ; A Look Back and Ahead ; PART SIX. RECONSTRUCTION, CONSOLIDATION, AND CHALLENGE ; 22. THE HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, ISAIAH 24-27 AND 56-66, JOEL, AND MALACHI ; History ; Ezra 3-6 ; The Book of Haggai ; Zechariah 1-8 ; Isaiah 56-66 ; The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah ; Apocalyptic Literature ; The "Isaiah Apocalypse" (Isa 24-27) ; Zechariah 9-14 ; The Book of Joel ; The Book of Malachi ; A Look Back and PROVERBS ; The Books of Chronicles ; The Book of Psalms ; Music in Ancient Israel ; Wisdom Literature ; The Book of Proverbs ; A Look Back and Ahead ; ESTHER, AND DANIEL ; The Book of Job ; The Book of Ecclesiastes ; The Development of Beliefs in Life after Death in Ancient Israel ; The Song of Solomon ; Historical Romances ; The Book of Jonah ; The Book of Esther ; The Book of Daniel ; A Look Back and Ahead ; APPENDIX: THE APOCRYPHAL/DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS ; Revisions of and Additions to Biblical Books ; Historiographic Literature ; Historical Fiction ; Wisdom Literature ; Other Compositions
