Original Story God, Israel, and the World

Name: Original Story God, Israel, and the World
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ISBN: 9780802829009

ISBN-10: 0802829007

ISBN-13: 9780802829009

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jill Barton, Julia Bowden

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"The Original Story is a comprehensive and lively guide to the Old Testament offering an essential introduction for readers of all faiths and none. It provides a complete course covering history, archaeology, geography and textual interpretation. Its core is a set of chapters exploring central biblical themes: the nature of God, God's relationship with the world, human suffering, ethics, experience of God, and the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The historicity of the Old Testament is examined in detail and there are also chapters on topics such as prophecy, worship, law apocalyptic and wisdom literature. Extensively illustrated and easily navigable with icons, sidebars and…

Book details

List price: $31.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Jill Barton has always loved drawing and children's books, but didn't pursue this passion as a career for many years. At the age of 44, having married and brought up three children, Jill enrolled on a degree in illustration. She graduated in 1988 and hasn't looked back since. Jill has illustrated many bestselling books for children and received numerous awards for her work. She now has five grandchildren, and lives and works in Devon, England.



Old Testament or Hebrew Bible? : the scriptures of Jews and Christians


The story so far : Israel tells its story


Where and who an earth? : the geography and peoples of the Old Testament world


The way they tell it : types of literature in the Old Testament


Watchmaker or living God? : the Old Testament view of God


The chosen people? : God's relationship with Israel


Who am I? : the Old Testament view of the human condition


How should we live? : ethics and the Old Testament


Why me? : the Old Testament view of human suffering


Can we know God? : religious experience in the Old Testament


Tall stories? : writing the history of Israel


Meet the ancestors : what can we know about the early history of Israel?


Give us a king! : what can we know about the monarchy in ancient Israel?


Refugee status : what can we know about the exile and return?


Loyal subjects? : what can we know about the 'second temple' period?


Digging up the Old Testament : the contribution of archaeology to the study of the Old Testament


The social scene : the social life of ancient Israel


Thus says the lord! : prophecy in ancient Israel


Hallelujah! : worship in ancient Israel


Can we cope? : wisdom literature in the Old Testament


The plot thickens : Israel's historians and story-tellers


Taking orders : law and instruction in the Old Testament


The number of the beast : apocalyptic literature in the Old Testament


Cut and paste : source criticism and the Old Testament


Word of month : form criticism and the Old Testament


Edit and format : redaction criticism and the Old Testament


A good read? : literary criticism and the Old Testament