Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature / / Vriezen, Adam van der Woude.
Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature offers more than simply an introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The Hebrew Bible remains not only the primary quantitative source for our knowledge of the literature of Ancient Israel, it also enjoys decisive religious and cultural significa...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (776 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Translator's Note; 1. The sources of Ancient Israel's literature; 2. Ancient Israelite literature in its Ancient Near Eastern context; 3. Authors and authorship; 4. The Old Testament as canon; 5. The transmission of the Old Testament; 6. The literary genres of the Old Testament; 7. The problem of dating; 8. Israel's grand historical masterpiece: (Genesis-II Kings); 9. The prophetic literature; 10. The remaining literature (The Writings); 11. Introduction; 12. Apocrypha; 13. Pseudepigrapha; 14. The Dead Sea Scrolls; Introductions to the Old Testament and other reference works
- Chronological tablesList of abbreviations; Index