An Introduction to the Old TestamentWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1984 - 436 pages This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. A scholarly conservative study of the literary characteristics of the books of the Old Testament. Young argues for the inner harmony and underlying unity of the literary units that make up the Old Testament. Includes special bibliographies for each chapter, a general bibliography, and three indexes. |
Contents
THE STUDY OF BIBLICAL INTRODUCTION | 15 |
The Law of Moses | 39 |
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS | 41 |
GENESIS | 47 |
EXODUS | 62 |
LEVITICUS | 75 |
NUMBERS | 84 |
DEUTERONOMY | 94 |
THE TWELVE | 250 |
The Hagiographa | 289 |
THE POETICAL BOOKS | 291 |
THE PSALMS | 297 |
PROVERBS | 311 |
JOB | 319 |
THE SONG OF SOLOMON | 332 |
RUTH | 338 |
THE LITERARY CRITICISM OF THE PENTATEUCH | 107 |
The Prophets | 155 |
THE PROPHETS | 157 |
JOSHUA | 160 |
JUDGES | 169 |
THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL | 177 |
THE BOOKS OF KINGS | 188 |
ISAIAH | 202 |
JEREMIAH | 228 |
EZEKIEL | 240 |
LAMENTATIONS | 342 |
ECCLESIASTES | 347 |
ESTHER | 354 |
DANIEL | 360 |
EZRA AND NEHEMIAH | 378 |
THE BOOKS OF CHRONICLES | 389 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 403 |
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