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Bibliographical Abbreviations | |
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Maps | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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The Book and Those Who Study It | |
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The Old Testament: What Is It? | |
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How It Began | |
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How It Developed | |
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The Work of Scholars | |
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Archaeology as a Tool for Understanding | |
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Why Study the Old Testament? | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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The Geographical and Historical Settings for the Old Testament Prior to 1200 B.C.E. | |
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The Ancient Near East | |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Asia Minor | |
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Egypt | |
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Syria-Phoenicia | |
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Palestine | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Israel Looks at the Beginnings | |
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The Primeval Complex | |
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The Ancestral Complex | |
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Genesis in Retrospect | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Israel Becomes a People: Exodus and Wilderness | |
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The Book of Israel's Beginnings | |
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Moses: Birth and Wilderness Years | |
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Moses: The Struggle with the Pharaoh | |
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The Exodus Event | |
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Sinai and the Giving of the Law | |
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After Mount Sinai | |
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Themes in the Pentateuch | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Israel Gains a Home: Joshua and Judges | |
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Moving into the Promised Land | |
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Continuing the Story of Occupation | |
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Proposed Models for the Israelite Occupation of Canaan | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Israel Demands a King: Samuel and Saul | |
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The Sources for the Story of the Israelite Kingdoms | |
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The Story of Samuel | |
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The Establishment of Saul's Kingship (1020-1000 B.C.E.) | |
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The Appearance of David | |
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Samuel, Saul, and David: A Summary | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Israel's Time of Glory: David and Solomon | |
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David: King Over Judah | |
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David: King Over All Israel | |
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The Court History of David | |
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The Reign of Solomon | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Israel Becomes Two: The Story of the Northern Kingdom | |
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Approaching the Divided-Kingdom Story | |
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The Division of the Kingdom | |
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The Dynasty of Omri | |
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Elijah's Confrontations with Ahab and Jezebel | |
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Jehu to Jeroboam II (842-746 B.C.E.) | |
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Israel's Eighth-Century Prophets: Amos and Hosea | |
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The Destruction of the Northern Kingdom | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Judah: Rehoboam to Hezekiah (922-687 B.C.E.) | |
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Judah After the Division | |
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The Eighth-Century Prophets from Judah | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Judah: Manasseh to Zedekiah and the Exile | |
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The International Situation | |
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The Situation in Judah | |
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King Jehoiakim and the Prophets Nahum and Habakkuk | |
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The Final Years of Judah and the Prophet Jeremiah | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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The Exile: Judah's Dark Night of the Soul | |
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After the Fall of Jerusalem | |
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With the Exiles in Babylon | |
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The Prophet of the Transition: Ezekiel | |
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The Collapse of the Babylonian Empire | |
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The Exiles' Great Unknown Prophet: Isaiah 40-66 | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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The Post-Exilic Period: Judah Revived | |
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The Changing International Situation (538-486 B.C.E.) | |
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The Restored Community | |
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Ezra and Nehemiah | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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A Legacy of Israel: Teachers of Wisdom and Singers of Songs | |
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The Wisdom Literature | |
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Israel Sings Its Faith | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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The Time of Silence: Judah in Eclipse | |
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The Historical Situation | |
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The Maccabean Revolt | |
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The Word of the Lord in Difficult Times | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Epilogue: The Continuing Story | |
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Life in Jewish Communities | |
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The Rise of Parties and Sects | |
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Literary Activity | |
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Judaism's Oral Tradition | |
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The End of the Matter | |
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Study Questions | |
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Endnotes | |
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Glossary | |
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For Further Study | |
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Comprehensive Chronological Chart | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |