Introducing the Old Testament

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Getting Started Introduction .........3 Old Testament history in Context .........7 2. The Torah What is the Torah? .....27 The Book of Genesis 1-11..........40 The Book of Genesis 12-50....................49 The Book of Exodus ........60 The book of Leviticus ...........76 The book of Numbers........84 The book of Deuteronomy........90 3. The Historical Books What are the Historical Books ......109 The book of Joshua ..........122 The book of Judges ................137 The Book of Ruth........148 The book of 1-2 Samuel ........156 The Book f 1-2 Kings .......178 The postextilic Historical Books .......202 The books of Ezra Nehemiah........229 The book of Esther .......239 4. The prophets What is hebrew poetry .......249 Who and what are the prophets .......263 The Book of Isaiah ....280 The Book of Jeremiah ........301 The book of Ezekiel ...........314 The book of Daniel ............328 The book of Jonah, Nahum , and obadiah .......371 The books of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi .......382 The poetry What are the wisdom books ..........397 The book of Job.........408 The book of Psalms ..........418 The book of Proverbs .............439 The book of Ecclesiastes .......439 The book of Lamentations ............454 The book of Song of Songs ............461 6. Conclusion The canon and Text of the Hebrew Bible/ Christian Old Testament ...........471