Old Testament Introduction

By: Werner H. Schmidt, Matthew J. O'Connell (Translator), David J. Reimer (Translator)

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Hardcover | 15 February 2000 | Edition Number 2

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The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of the Old Testament; it also provides the basic knowledge required for students of O.T. theology. This widely used textbook appears here in its second English edition and is based on the fifth German edition (1995). This new edition has been expanded especially in regard to Pentateuch research and the anthropology of the O.T.

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Preface	p. xi
Survey of the Old Testament and Its History
The Parts of the Old Testament	p. 3
Name and Structure	p. 3
The Formation of the Canon	p. 6
The Stages of Israel's History	p. 8
Nomadic Antiquity	p. 9
The Early Period before the State (Settlement and Age of the Judges)	p. 15
The Period of the Monarchy	p. 18
The Period of the United Kingdoms	p. 19
The Period of the Divided Kingdoms The Northern Kingdom, Israel	p. 20
The Southern Kingdom, Judah	p. 23
The Exilic and Postexilic Periods	p. 25
Aspects of Social History	p. 28
The Nomadic Clans	p. 28
Ownership of Land	p. 31
Changes Brought by the Monarchy	p. 33
Social Contrasts in the Time of the Major Prophets	p. 35
The Postexilic Situation	p. 37
Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books
The Pentateuch	p. 41
Name and Structure	p. 41
Stages and Problems of Pentateuchal Scholarship	p. 44
Criticism of Moses' Authorship	p. 44
Discovery and Delimitation of the Pentateuchal Sources	p. 45
Dating of the Documentary Sources	p. 46
Results and Still Open Questions of Literary Criticism	p. 48
Form Criticism and Tradition History	p. 58
Selected Types of Narrative	p. 63
Myth and Primeval History	p. 63
The Saga as a Form of Transmission	p. 65
The Individual Saga	p. 65
Etiological Motifs	p. 69
Sanctuary Legends	p. 69
Saga Cycles and Later Form of the Sagas	p. 70
The Joseph Novella	p. 71
The yahwist History	p. 75
Introductory Questions	p. 75
Theological Intentions	p. 79
The Elohist History	p. 84
Introductory Questions	p. 84
Theological Intentions	p. 89
The Priestly Document	p. 93
Introductory Questions	p. 93
Theological Intentions	p. 102
Old Testament Law	p. 110
The Forms of Legal Statement	p. 110
Collections of Laws	p. 114
The Decalogue	p. 114
The Book of the Covenant	p. 116
The Law of Holiness	p. 118
Deuteronomy	p. 120
Introductory Questions	p. 120
Theological Intentions	p. 129
The Deuteronomistic History	p. 136
Introductory Questions	p. 136
Theological Intentions	p. 140
From the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings	p. 145
The Book of Joshua	p. 145
The Book of Judges	p. 148
The Books of Samuel	p. 151
The Books of Kings	p. 156
The Chronicler's History	p. 160
Chronicles	p. 160
Ezra and Nehemiah	p. 162
Theological Intentions	p. 167
The Prophets
The Form of Prophecy	p. 173
Prophetic Utterance and Prophetic Book	p. 173
Distinction between Oral Proclamation and Written Record	p. 173
Distinction between Individual Utterance and Composition	p. 175
Distinction between Original Prophetic Utterance and Later Redaction	p. 177
Main Categories of Prophetic Literature	p. 180
Stories about the Prophets	p. 180
Visions	p. 182
Words	p. 183
Questions in Contemporary Study of the Prophets	p. 188
Precursors of the Writing Prophets	p. 190
Amos	p. 194
Hosea	p. 201
Isaiah	p. 209
Micah	p. 220
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Obadiah	p. 225
Jeremiah	p. 233
Ezekiel	p. 246
Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah	p. 256
Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi	p. 270
Joel and Jonah	p. 282
Daniel	p. 288
Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry
The Psalter	p. 299
Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther	p. 311
Proverbs	p. 321
Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes: Solomon the Preacher	p. 328
The Book of Job	p. 333
Theology and Hermeneutics
Discourse about God in the Old Testament	p. 343
The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a "Theology of the Old Testament"	p. 366
On Understanding Humankind: Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament	p. 372
For and Against the Old Testament: Hermeneutic Themes	p. 389
Bibliography	p. 399
Index	p. 449
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