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| Part I. Survey of the Old Testament and Its History |
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The Parts of the Old Testament |
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3 | (5) |
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3 | (3) |
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The Formation of the Canon |
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6 | (2) |
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The Stages of Israel's History |
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8 | (20) |
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9 | (6) |
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The Early Period before the State (Settlement and Age of the Judges) |
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15 | (3) |
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The Period of the Monarchy |
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18 | (7) |
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The Period of the United Kingdoms |
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19 | (1) |
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The Period of the Divided Kingdoms the Northern Kingdom, Israel |
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20 | (3) |
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The Southern Kingdom, Judah |
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23 | (2) |
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The Exilic and Postexilic Periods |
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25 | (3) |
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Aspects of Social History |
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28 | (13) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (2) |
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Changes Brought by the Monarchy |
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33 | (2) |
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Social Contrasts in the Time of the Major Prophets |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (4) |
| Part II. Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books |
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41 | (22) |
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41 | (3) |
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Stages and Problems of Pentateuchal Scholarship |
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44 | (19) |
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Criticism of Moses' Authorship |
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44 | (1) |
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Discovery and Delimitation of the Pentateuchal Sources |
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45 | (1) |
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Dating of the Documentary Sources |
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46 | (2) |
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Results and Still Open Questions of Literary Criticism |
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48 | (10) |
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Form Criticism and Tradition History |
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58 | (5) |
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Selected Types of Narrative |
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63 | (12) |
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Myth and Primeval History |
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63 | (2) |
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The Saga as a Form of Transmission |
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65 | (6) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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Saga Cycles and Later Form of the Sagas |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (9) |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (5) |
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84 | (9) |
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84 | (5) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (17) |
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93 | (9) |
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102 | (8) |
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110 | (10) |
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The Forms of Legal Statement |
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110 | (4) |
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114 | (6) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (16) |
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120 | (9) |
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129 | (7) |
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The Deuteronomistic History |
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136 | (24) |
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136 | (4) |
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140 | (5) |
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From the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings |
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145 | (15) |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (5) |
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156 | (4) |
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160 | (13) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (5) |
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167 | (6) |
| Part III. The Prophets |
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173 | (21) |
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Prophetic Utterance and Prophetic Book |
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173 | (7) |
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Distinction between Oral Proclamation and Written Record |
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173 | (2) |
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Distinction between Individual Utterance and Composition |
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175 | (2) |
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Distinction between Original Prophetic Utterance and Later Redaction |
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177 | (3) |
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Main Categories of Prophetic Literature |
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180 | (8) |
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Stories about the Prophets |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (5) |
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Questions in Contemporary Study of the Prophets |
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188 | (2) |
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Precursors of the Writing Prophets |
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190 | (4) |
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194 | (7) |
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201 | (8) |
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209 | (11) |
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220 | (5) |
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Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Obadiah |
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225 | (8) |
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233 | (13) |
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246 | (10) |
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Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah |
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256 | (14) |
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Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi |
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270 | (12) |
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282 | (6) |
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288 | (11) |
| Part IV. Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry |
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299 | (12) |
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Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther |
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311 | (10) |
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321 | (7) |
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Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes: Solomon the Preacher |
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328 | (5) |
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333 | (10) |
| Part V. Theology and Hermeneutics |
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Discourse about God in the Old Testament |
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343 | (23) |
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The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a ``Theology of the Old Testament'' |
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366 | (6) |
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On Understanding Humankind: Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament |
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372 | (17) |
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For and Against the Old Testament: Hermeneutic Themes |
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389 | (10) |
| Bibliography |
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399 | (50) |
| Index |
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