An introduction to the Old Testament : sacred texts and imperial contexts of the Hebrew Bible

David M. Carr
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley- Blackwell, 2010
xix, 276 p. ; 26 cm.
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  • Prologue: Orientation to multiple bibles and multiple translations
  • Studying the Bible in its ancient context(s)
  • The emergence of ancient Israel and its first oral traditions
  • The emergence of the monarchy and royal and Zion texts
  • Echoes of past empires in biblical wisdom, love poetry, law, and narrative
  • Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom
  • Micah, Isaiah, and the southern prophetic encounter with Assyria
  • Torah and history in the wake of the Assyrian Empire
  • Prophecy in the transition from Assyrian to Babylonian domination
  • Laments, history, and prophecies after the destruction of Jerusalem
  • The Pentateuch and the exile
  • The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian-sponsored rebuilding of Judah
  • Other texts formed in the crucible of post-exilic rebuilding
  • Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible.
  • ill., maps
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Wiley- Blackwell, 2010
  • 1405184671 (pbk)
  • 9781405184670 (pbk)
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AMGU