The Old Testament world

✍ Scribed by Rogerson, John William; Davies, Philip R

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 261
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Geography and ecology of ancient Palestine --
Social organisation --
The peoples of the Old Testament world --
Until the time of Solomon --
From the death of Solomon to the Babylonian deportations --
Judah under the Persians and Ptolemies and the Judeans in Babylonia --
From the Maccabees to Herod the Great --
Creation and origin stories --
Narratives --
Legal texts --
Sacrifices and psalms --
Prophetic literature --
Wisdom literature --
Apocalyptic literature --
Beyond the Old Testament --
Oral tradition and collections prior to the deportations --
The formation of the scriptural canon.

✦ Subjects

Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D. Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D. Bible. -- Old Testament. Jews. Middle East -- Palestine.