A Survey of the Old Testament

Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton

Harper Collins, 2000 - Religion - 608 pages

A Survey of the Old Testament goes far beyond simply rephrasing biblical material to provide balanced insights on the literary, historical, and theological issues of each Old Testament book and of the Old Testament as a whole. This revised edition makes the exceptional scope of the first edition more accessible to contemporary readers. A redesigned interior complete with new visuals--maps, photos, timelines, and charts--makes this book more attractive and useful than ever. Treating the books of the Old Testament in the order of the English canon, A Survey of the Old Testament explores the purpose and message of each book and shows how its literary structure has been applied to accomplish the intention of its inspired author. The book also introduces the reader to issues such as Israelite and Near Eastern history, archaeology, the formation of the canon, and geography Written by two widely respected scholars and educators, A Survey of the Old Testament is designed to help readers develop a broad grasp of the Old Testament.

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Contents

• Maps: 9
• The Pentateuch: 47
• Historical Overview of Old Testament Times JHW: 145
• Introduction to the Historical Books JHW: 169
• Judges JHW: 192
• Hebrew Poetic and Wisdom Literature AEH: 307
• Job JHW: 327
• Psalms JHW: 341
• Proverbs AEH: 356
• Ecclesiastes JHW: 365
• Song of Songs AEH: 373
• Formation of the Old Testament Scriptures: 383
• The Prophets: 401
• Introduction to Prophetic Literature JHW: 403
• Isaiah JHW: 415
• Jeremiah JHW: 425
• Lamentations AEH: 433
• Ezekiel AEH: 440
• Daniel JHW: 452
• Hosea AEH: 462
• Joel JHW: 473
• Amos AEH: 479
• Obadiah AEH: 488
• Jonah JHW: 495
• Micah JHW: 503
• Nahum JHW: 509
• Habakkuk JHW: 514
• Zephaniah JHW: 521
• Haggai AEH: 526
• Zechariah AEH: 533
• Malachi AEH: 543
• Epilogue: 553
• Toward the New Testament AEH: 555
• What We Have Learned JHW: 562
• Critical Methodologies: 571
• The Composition of the Pentateuch: 576
• Timeline of Biblical History: 586
• Glossary: 588
• Index: 593

About the author

Andrew E. Hill (PhD, University of Michigan) is professor of Old Testament studies at Wheaton College in Illinois. He is the coauthor with John Walton of A Survey of the Old Testament and the author of Malachi in the Anchor Bible commentary series. His articles have appeared in such scholarly publications as Hebrew Annual Review, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Vetus Testamentum.

John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament; Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context; Covenant: God's Purpose, God's Plan; The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament; and A Survey of the Old Testament.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Survey of the Old Testament
• Authors: Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2000
• ISBN: 0310229030, 9780310229032
• Length: 608 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament