A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Third Edition

✍ Scribed by John J. Collins

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

John J. Collins's A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. This more compact version of Collins's renowned Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is combined with even more student-friendly features, including charts, maps, photographs, chapter summaries, and bibliographies for further reading.

Collins proceeds through the canon of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, judiciously presenting the current state of historical, archaeological, and literary understanding of the biblical text, and engaging the student in questions of significance and interpretation for the contemporary world.

The third edition is presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been added to the volume for the first time.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Maps
Illustrations
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Torah/Pentateuch
The Near Eastern Context
The Nature of the Pentateuchal Narrative
The Primeval History
The Patriarchs
The Exodus from Egypt
The Revelation at Sinai
The Priestly Theology
Deuteronomy
Part Two: The Deuteronomistic History
Introduction
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings 1–16
1 Kings 17—2 Kings 25
Part Three: Prophecy
Introduction
Amos and Hosea
Isaiah
The Babylonian Era
Ezekiel
The Additions to the Book of Isaiah
Postexilic Prophecy
Part Four: The Writings
Introduction
Ezra and Nehemiah
The Books of Chronicles
The Psalms and Song of Songs
Proverbs
Job and Qoheleth
The Hebrew Short Story
Daniel, 1–2 Maccabees
The Deuterocanonical Wisdom Books
From Tradition to Canon
Glossary
Index
Picture acknowledgments