Old Testament Introduction / / Werner H. Schmidt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Schmidt, Werner H.,
• MitwirkendeR: O'Connell, Matthew J.,; Reimer, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Part I. Survey of the Old Testament and Its History --; §1 The Parts of the Old Testament --; §2 The Stages of Israel's History --; §3 Aspects of Social History --; Part II. Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books --; §4 The Pentateuch --; §5 Selected Types of Narrative --; §6 The Yahwist History --; §7 The Elohist History --; §8 The Priestly Document --; §9 Old Testament Law --; §10 Deuteronomy --; §11 The Deuterohomistic History --; §12 The Chronicler's History --; Part IIΙ. The Prophets --; §13 The Form of Prophecy --; §14 Amos --; §15 Hosea --; §16 Isaiah --; §17 Micah --; §18 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Obadiah --; §19 Jeremiah --; §20 Ezekiel --; §21 Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah --; §22 Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi --; §23 Joel and Jonah --; §24 Daniel --; Part IV. Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry --; §25 The Psalter --; §26 Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther --; §27 Proverbs --; §28 Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes: Solomon the Preacher --; §29 The Book of Job --; Part V. Theology and Hermeneutics --; §30 Discourse about God in the Old Testament --; §31 The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a "Theology of the Old Testament" --; §32 On Understanding Humankind: Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament --; §33 For and Against the Old Testament: Hermeneutic Themes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110800937; 9783110238570; 9783110238549; 9783110638165
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110800937
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Werner H. Schmidt.

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.