Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Second EditionJohn J. Collins’ Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most reliable and widely adopted critical textbooks at undergraduate and graduate levels alike, and for good reason. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. 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 second edition has been revised where more recent scholarship indicates it, and is now presented in a refreshing new format.
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Contents
TheNearEastern Context | |
The Primeval History | |
The Patriarchs | |
The Exodus from Egypt | |
Amos and Hosea | |
Isaiah Micah Nahum and Zephaniah | |
Habakkuk Jeremiah and Lamentations | |
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20 | |
Ezra and Nehemiah | |
Proverbs | |
Job and Qoheleth | |
The Book of Joshua | |
First Samuel | |
Second Samuel | |
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of Israel | |
Baruch | |
From Tradition to Canon | |
Glossary | |