Introduction to the Old Testament

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This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, provides an introduction to the Old Testament.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Preface to the Fourth Italian Edition and the Third English Edition

Abbreviations

xxiii

General bibliography

xxviii

PART ONE THE HERBREW BIBLE: HISTORY AND GENERAL PROBLEMS

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Description and definition of the material

(6)

The scope and limitations of Introduction

(4)

The Canon

Traditions about the Palestinian canon

(2)

Information about the origin of the Palestinian canon known to us

(3)

The Alexandrian collection

(2)

The closing of the Palestinian canon

(1)

The Hebrew Bible: the text

(3)

The Greek translations

(3)

The Samaritan Pentateuch

(1)

Aramaic paraphrases and translations

(1)

Latin translations

(5)

Textual and Historical Criticism

Introduction

(1)

Biblical criticism

(3)

Textual criticism or `lower criticism'

(1)

Historical criticism or `higher criticism'

(3)

Description of the Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible as a history book

(3)

For the synagogue and the church the Bible is also the inspired Word of God

(7)

Myth, Legend and History

Myth

(4)

Legend

(2)

Fable and fairy-tale

(1)

Legend and historiography

(6)

The Pre-Literary Development of the Biblical Material. The Genres

The thirteenth to tenth centuries and their importance

(1)

Oral tradition

(4)

The genres

(3)

Genres in poetry

(7)

Remains of ancient Hebrew poetry

(1)

Genres in prose

(4)

Ancient legal texts

(8)

PART TWO THE PENTATEUCH AND THE FORMER PROPHETS

The Pentateuch

Introduction

(1)

The tradition of authorship

(3)

History of the literary criticism of the Pentateuch

(2)

Wellhausen and his school

(2)

Developments of the documentary hypothesis

(2)

The study of the genres. The history of tradition

101

(4)

The compatibility between the documentary hypothesis and the history of tradition

105

(3)

Questions of dating the earliest sources

108

(6)

The Individual Sources: The Yahwist and the Elohist

Characteristics of the Yahwist

114

(2)

Reasons for the collection

116

(1)

Date and composition

117

(1)

Characteristics of the `Elohist'

118

(1)

Scope of the collection

119

(1)

Date, place and composition

120

(2)

The Individual Sources: Deuteronomy

Characteristics

122

(1)

The problem of origins

123

(3)

The revival of studies

126

(1)

The genres and Deuteronomy

127

(1)

The studies of von Rad and Noth

128

(3)

The last quarter of a century

131

(2)

Perplexities and problems

133

(4)

EXCURSUS I: COVENANT OR OBLIGATION AND DEUTERONOMIC THEOLOGY

A formulary

137

(1)

Ancient `vassal' treaties

138

(1)

Treaties and `covenant' or `obligation'

139

(1)

Criticism

140

(3)

EXCURSUS II: DEUTERONOMIC OR DEUTERONOMISTIC PASSAGES IN THE OTHER BOOKS OF THE PENTATEUCH

The problem

143

(1)

Criteria of evaluation

144

(2)

EXCURSUS III: THE DECALOGUE

The texts

146

(4)

The Individual Sources: The Priestly Codex (P)

Characteristics

150

(1)

Chronology

151

(3)

Date and place of composition

154

(2)

Component elements

156

(4)

Composition

160

(1)

The final redaction of the Pentateuch

161

(3)

Israelite Law

Introduction

164

(1)

Law and faith

165

(2)

Characteristics of the biblical collections of laws

167

(1)

Laws in casuistic form

168

(1)

Laws in apodeictic form

169

(1)

Criticism of Alt's theories

170

(2)

Lawsuits in the Hebrew Bible

172

(2)

Israelite law and that of the ancient Near East

174

(4)

The Deuteronomistic History Work

Character

178

(1)

The aim of the work

179

(2)

Sources

181

(1)

Place and date of composition

182

(5)

Joshua

Division and characteristics

187

(4)

The problem of the book

191

(1)

Geographical texts

192

(2)

The thought of the book of Joshua

194

(4)

Judges

Title and contents

198

(1)

The body of the book

199

(2)

The `Song of Deborah', Judg.5

201

(2)

Chapters 17-21

203

(2)

The origins of the book

205

(1)

Thought

206

(3)

The Books of Samuel

Introduction

209

(1)

The content of the book and its textual problems

210

(3)

Independent units

213

(5)

Thought

218

(6)

The Books of Kings

Introduction

224

(4)

The sources of Kings

228

(3)

Thought

231

(6)

PART THREE THE PRE-EXILIC PROPHETS

The Prophets of Israel

Etymology and use of terms

237

(1)

Origin and derivation

238

(4)

Prophets among neighbouring peoples

242

(2)

Sources of biblical prophecy

244

(7)

The periods in which the prophets were active

251

(5)

Characteristics of the prophetic ministry and unsolved problems

256

(5)

Prophets and cult

261

(3)

Prophets and politics

264

(2)

Prophets and social problems

266

(4)

The prophets and history

270

(12)

Amos

Person and origins

282

(2)

Divisions and principal problems of the book

284

(1)

Deuteronomistic redaction

285

(1)

Thought

285

(5)

Hosea

The person and his time

290

(1)

His marriage

291

(2)

Divisions and text

293

(1)

Hosea, Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomist

294

(1)

Thought

294

(5)

Isaiah

The book and its problems

299

(1)

The prophet and his age

300

(2)

Divisions and content

302

(9)

Thought

311

(7)

Micah

The name and the man

318

(1)

Content

319

(2)

Thought

321

(4)

Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah

Nahum

325

(2)

Habakkuk

327

(3)

Zephaniah

330

(4)

Jeremiah

Life and work

334

(6)

The text

340

(3)

The LXX text

343

(1)

Jeremiah and contemporary sources

344

(1)

Jeremiah the thinker

345

(10)

PART FOUR THE EXILIC AND POST-EXILIC PROPHETS

Ezekiel

Name and person

355

(1)

Visions and symbolic actions

356

(2)

The book

358

(2)

Ezekiel the thinker

360

(5)

Deutero-Isaiah

The prophet and his age

365

(3)

Analysis and content

368

(1)

The `servant songs'

368

(3)

Thought

371

(3)

The text

374

(5)

Haggai

The prophet and his age

379

(3)

Analysis and text

382

(1)

Thought

383

(3)

Zechariah

The prophet and his age

386

(1)

Analysis

387

(3)

Thought

390

(3)

Trito-Isaiah

The problem of the book

393

(1)

Content

394

(2)

Text

396

(2)

Obadiah

398

(71)

Malachi

Authorship and date

401

(1)

Analysis and content

401

(1)

Character, style and thought

402

(3)

Deutero-Zechariah

The problem of the book

405

(1)

The prophet, his age and date

405

(3)

Analysis and transmission of the text

408

(1)

Message

409

(1)

Joel

Authorship and analysis

410

(1)

Style and thought

411

(3)

Jonah

Analysis

414

(1)

The prophet

414

(1)

The problem of the book

415

(2)

Chapter 2

417

(1)

Date and text

417

(6)

PART FIVE THE WRITINGS

The Psalms

Introduction

423

(2)

The use of the psalms

425

(1)

The formation of the psalter

426

(3)

The setting of the psalms

429

(1)

Literary genres represented in the psalms

430

(4)

Conclusion

434

(4)

Introduction to Wisdom

The wisdom books in Israel

438

(2)

Proverbial wisdom and wisdom literature

440

(1)

The setting of wisdom

441

(4)

Proverbs

Author and title

445

(1)

Date

446

(3)

Job

Character, division and content

449

(4)

Date, place and problems of composition

453

(1)

The problem and thought of Job

454

(4)

Ruth -- Lamentations

Ruth

458

(1)

Lamentations

459

(3)

Ecclesiastes -- Song of Songs

Ecclesiastes

462

(2)

The Song of Songs

464

(5)

Esther

469

(67)

Daniel

Character and content

473

(2)

Authorship and origin

475

(3)

Purpose and message

478

(5)

Chronicles

Character, analysis and date

483

(1)

Sources

484

(2)

Thought

486

(4)

Ezra and Nehemiah

Character and content

490

(1)

Sources

490

(2)

Chronology

492

(3)

The legal status of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Persian administration

495

(5)

PART SIX THE DEUTERO-CANONICAL BOOKS

General Bibliography on the Deutero-Canonical Books

500

(1)

Tobit

Characteristics and content

501

(2)

History and literature

503

(2)

Problems of language and origin

505

(1)

Thought

506

(2)

Judith

Characteristics and content

508

(1)

Text, date and historicity

509

(1)

Thought

510

(2)

Additions to Proto-Canonical Books

Additions to Esther

512

(2)

Additions to Daniel

514

(3)

The Wisdom of Solomon

Character and content

517

(1)

Principal problems

517

(6)

Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sirach

Character and content

523

(2)

Authorship

525

(2)

Thought

527

(3)

Text and style

530

(2)

Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah

Introduction to Baruch and its content

532

(1)

Authorship and date

532

(2)

Thought

534

(1)

The Epistle of Jeremiah

534

(2)

The Prayer of Manasseh

536

(33)

I Maccabees

Introduction

537

(1)

Content

537

(1)

The relationship between I and II Maccabees

538

(1)

Literary problems

539

(2)

II Maccabees

Content

541

(1)

Authorship

541

(3)

III and IV Maccabees, I Esdras

III Maccabees

544

(1)

IV Maccabees

544

(1)

III Ezra

545

(6)

APPENDICES

I Palestine Inscriptions from the First Half of the First Millennium

1. Introduction

551

(1)

2. The agricultural `calendar' of Gezer

552

(1)

3. The stele of Mesha, king of Moab

553

(1)

4. The Samaria ostraca

554

(1)

5. The Siloam inscription

555

(1)

6. The epitaph of a high royal official

555

(1)

7. The inscriptions in the burial cave near Lachish

556

(1)

8. The ostracon of Yabneh-Yam or Mesad Hasabyahu

556

(2)

9. The Lachish ostraca

558

(1)

10. The ostraca of Tell-`Arad

558

(1)

11. The fragments from Tell Deir-`Alla

559

(5)

2. Manuscript Discoveries from the First Centuries After the Exile

1. The Elephantine papyri

564

(1)

2. The religion of the Jews of Elephantine

565

(2)

3. The Samaria papyri

567

(2)

Chronological table

569

Indexes

Subject Index

580

Index of Biblical References

587

Index of Modern Authors

596

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