An Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament

Amos Aramaic Assyria authorship Babylon Babylonian belong Bible book of Isaiah book of Jeremiah Buch Canon century B.C. Chron Chronicles collection compiler contains corrupt Cyrus Daniel David Deuteronomy divine earlier Edom Egypt Egyptian Esther Exile Ezekiel Ezra Ezra-Nehemiah fact followed fragment Greek Haggai Hebr Hebrew Bible Hebrew text Hosea ii Chron Isaiah Israel Israelite Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jonah Joshua Judah KHAT king kingdom later literature mentioned metre Midrash narratives Nehemiah occur Old Testament oracles original Palestine passages Pentateuch period Peshitta poem possible post-exilic pre-exilic priests probably prophecy prophet prose psalms Qinah reference regarded reign religious scholars scribes Septuagint Solomon song sources story suggest Temple tion utterances verses viii visions whole Wisdom words worship writer written xvii xviii xxii xxiii Yahweh Zechariah