The sources of the Old Testament : a guide to the religious thought of the Hebrew Bible
Aimed at the general reader as well as students, undergraduates and those on diocesan ministry courses, this book explains the main ideas of the Old Testament in their own context. The author also discusses the significance of creation and the Creator, a subject of particular contemporary interest.
viii, 252 p. : il., map ; 22 cm.
9780567084736, 9780567084637, 0567084736, 0567084639
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Introduction; Part 1; Surveying the Scene: The Broad Horizon; Three Classic Pictures of Ordering; The Significance of the Status Quo; Part 2; The Three Sources: Tent - The Patriarchs; The Mosaic Era; Living at the Boundary; Temple - Temple Liturgy; The Kingdom of God; Davidic Monarchy; Tutor - Identifying Wisdom and Wisdom's Transmission; The Books of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes; Order's Spokesman; Wisdom's Wider Influence; The Old Testament to the Hebrew Scriptures; Conclusion: Hebrew Monotheism; Chronology; Map; Index
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