The Old Testament StoryFor Introduction to the Old Testament courses. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Old Testament, this text provides complete background detail as it follows the story told by the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Examines the separate biblical books and illustrates the literary structure of each of the books of the Protestant Christian Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. |
Contents
THE BOOK AND THOSE WHO STUDY IT | 1 |
THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL | 2 |
Mesopotamia | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Abraham Ahab Ahaz altar Amos ancient Archaeology army Assyria Baal Babylon Babylonian battle Bible biblical blessing book of Isaiah Book of Judges called Canaanite century B.C.E. Chapter Chronicles Commandments covenant Daniel David Dead Sea Dead Sea Scrolls death described destroyed Deuteronomy Edom Egypt Egyptian Elijah enemies Esau Exile Exodus Ezekiel Ezra followed Genesis God's Hazor Hebrew Hezekiah holy Hosea interpretation Isaiah Israelite Jacob Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Joshua Judah Judges judgment killed king kingdom lament land leaders literary lived LORD LORD's major Micah Moab monarchy Moses narrative Nehemiah Old Testament oracles Palestine Persian person Pharaoh Philistines plague poem priest prophet Proverbs Psalms reign religion religious River Ruth sacrifice Samaria Samuel Saul Saul's Scrolls Servant Shechem Sinai sins Solomon Song story symbol tell Temple theme things tion told tradition tribes vision wisdom word worship Zedekiah