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A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Nashville Abingdon Press 2005Edition: 2th edDescription: 485pISBN:
  • 9780687066766
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • B83 B531
Partial contents:
CHAPTER 1 The Old Testament as Theological Witness 1 Key topics: Approaches to OT theology; canon and scrip¬ture; authority; text and context (ancient and modern) CHAPTER 2 The Created Order and the Re-creation of Broken Order ... 29 Key topics: Creation and Creator; the human role; broken creation; primeval history Key texts: Gen 1-11 CHAPTER 3 Promises Made, Threatened, and Fulfilled 61 Key topics: The promise to the ancestors; the Joseph story Key texts: Gen 12-50 CHAPTER 4 Bondage, Exodus, Wilderness 93 Key topics: Bondage in Egypt; the Exodus God; the role of Moses; liberation/salvation/deliverance; the wilderness Key texts: Exod 1-18, selected psalms CHAPTER 5 The Structures of Covenant Life 127 Key topics: The theophany at Sinai; covenant—nature and structures; decalogue/law; sacrifice and holiness Key texts: Exod 19-40, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy CHAPTER 6 "The People of the Land" 173 Key topics: Conflict with previous inhabitants; holy war; the role of the land; settlement and tribal league Key texts: Joshua, Judges CHAPTER 7 The Rise of the Monarchy 215 Key topics: Rise of kingship; emerging nadon and new roles of leadership; pivotal role of David; Solomonic rule; temple worship with psalms Key texts: 1-2 Samuel, 1 Kgs 1-11, selected psalms CHAPTER 8 Kings and Prophets in the Divided Kingdom 257 Key topics: Division of the kingdom; nationhood among the empires; conflict with the Baalists; Elijah and Elisha; nature of early prophecy; temple worship and the psalms Key texts: 1 Kgs 12-2 Kgs 13, selected psalms CHAPTER 9 Prophecy and Reform: From Jeroboam to Josiah 289 Key topics: The nature of classical prophecy; the eighth-century prophets and their context; Deuteronomic Reform Key texts: 2 Kgs 14-25, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isa 1-39, Deuteronomy, Zephaniah CHAPTER 10 CoUapse/Exile/Hope 327 Key topics: Jeremiah and the national crisis; destrucdon and exile; exile as historical and theological crisis; the image of Babylon; lament; hope in the midst of exile Key texts: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Nahum, Habakkuk, Ezekiel, Isa 40-55 CHAPTER 11 Wisdom, Order, Protest 381 Key topics: Wisdom theology Key texts: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, selected psalms CHAPTER 12 New Life, Renewed Commimity, New Crises 425 Key topics: Return, the rebuilding of the temple, and the reconsdtution of the community; torah and temple; identity and conflict in the community and among the nations; crisis and apocalyptic; the final shape of the Psalter Key texts: 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Remaining Minor Prophets, Isa 56-66, Song of Songs, Daniel, Ruth, Esther, selected psalms
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CHAPTER 1 The Old Testament as Theological Witness 1 Key topics: Approaches to OT theology; canon and scrip¬ture; authority; text and context (ancient and modern) CHAPTER 2 The Created Order and the Re-creation of Broken Order ... 29 Key topics: Creation and Creator; the human role; broken creation; primeval history Key texts: Gen 1-11 CHAPTER 3 Promises Made, Threatened, and Fulfilled 61 Key topics: The promise to the ancestors; the Joseph story Key texts: Gen 12-50 CHAPTER 4 Bondage, Exodus, Wilderness 93 Key topics: Bondage in Egypt; the Exodus God; the role of Moses; liberation/salvation/deliverance; the wilderness Key texts: Exod 1-18, selected psalms CHAPTER 5 The Structures of Covenant Life 127 Key topics: The theophany at Sinai; covenant—nature and structures; decalogue/law; sacrifice and holiness Key texts: Exod 19-40, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy CHAPTER 6 "The People of the Land" 173 Key topics: Conflict with previous inhabitants; holy war; the role of the land; settlement and tribal league Key texts: Joshua, Judges CHAPTER 7 The Rise of the Monarchy 215 Key topics: Rise of kingship; emerging nadon and new roles of leadership; pivotal role of David; Solomonic rule; temple worship with psalms Key texts: 1-2 Samuel, 1 Kgs 1-11, selected psalms CHAPTER 8 Kings and Prophets in the Divided Kingdom 257 Key topics: Division of the kingdom; nationhood among the empires; conflict with the Baalists; Elijah and Elisha; nature of early prophecy; temple worship and the psalms Key texts: 1 Kgs 12-2 Kgs 13, selected psalms CHAPTER 9 Prophecy and Reform: From Jeroboam to Josiah 289 Key topics: The nature of classical prophecy; the eighth-century prophets and their context; Deuteronomic Reform Key texts: 2 Kgs 14-25, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isa 1-39, Deuteronomy, Zephaniah CHAPTER 10 CoUapse/Exile/Hope 327 Key topics: Jeremiah and the national crisis; destrucdon and exile; exile as historical and theological crisis; the image of Babylon; lament; hope in the midst of exile Key texts: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Nahum, Habakkuk, Ezekiel, Isa 40-55 CHAPTER 11 Wisdom, Order, Protest 381 Key topics: Wisdom theology Key texts: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, selected psalms CHAPTER 12 New Life, Renewed Commimity, New Crises 425 Key topics: Return, the rebuilding of the temple, and the reconsdtution of the community; torah and temple; identity and conflict in the community and among the nations; crisis and apocalyptic; the final shape of the Psalter Key texts: 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Remaining Minor Prophets, Isa 56-66, Song of Songs, Daniel, Ruth, Esther, selected psalms

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