An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches & Issues
An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches & Issues
Editor/Author
Goldingay, John
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
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$40.00

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$60.00
ISBN: 978-0-8308-4090-8
Category: Religion & Theology - Christianity
Image Count:
14
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
More workbook than handbook, this introduction to the Old Testament is rooted in decades of tried and proven teaching. Goldingay displays a robust confidence in the truthfulness of Scripture combined with a refreshing trust in the reader's ability to grapple responsibly with the Old Testament.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Web Resources
- Part One: Introduction
- 101 Approaching the Old Testament
- 102 The Old Testament as Scripture
- 103 Reading the Old Testament as the Word of God in Its Own Right
- 104 The Books in the Old Testament
- 105 How Did Old Testament Books Get Written?
- 106 Old Testament Story and Old Testament History
- 107 A Timeline for the Old Testament
- 108 Fact and Truth in the Old Testament
- 109 When the Old Testament Is Parable Not History
- 110 Reading the Old Testament Premodernly, Modernly and Postmodernly
- 111 The Geography of Canaan
- 112 The Geography of the Middle East
- 113 How Did the Old Testament Come to Be the Old Testament?
- 114 How Old and How Reliable Is the Old Testament Text?
- 115 Old Testament Translations and the Name of God in Translations
- 116 Israelites, Hebrews, Jews; Israel, Judah, Ephraim
- 117 New Testament Lenses for Looking at the Old Testament
- 118 The Apocrypha or Second Canon
- 119 Web Resources
- Part Two: The Torah
- 201 The Torah: The Five Books
- 202 The Torah: Not Really Five Books
- 203 The Torah: The Questions It Might Raise and Answer for Israel
- 204 The Torah: Looking at It Historically
- 205 The Torah: Expectations at the Edge of the Promised Land
- 206 Reading Genesis 1–11: The Story of the Beginning
- 207 Genesis 1 and Other Middle Eastern Creation Stories
- 208 Genesis 1–4: Possible Historical Contexts
- 209 Genesis 1–4: Patriarchalism as a Contemporary Context
- 210 Genesis 1–11 and History: Views on a Spectrum
- 211 Genesis 1–11 as Parabolic History
- 212 Reading Genesis 12–50: God's Promises to Israel's Ancestors
- 213 Genesis 12–50: How Genesis Portrays Marriage
- 214 Genesis 12–50: How Genesis Portrays Family
- 215 Genesis 12–50: How Historical Is It?
- 216 Genesis 12–50: Looking for Clues Regarding How It Came into Existence
- 217 Genesis 12–50: Where the Clues Take Us—JEDP in Outline
- 218 Reading Exodus 1–18
- 219 Exodus 1–18 and How We Learn from It
- 220 Exodus 1–18: Did the Exodus Happen? Some Opinions
- 221 Exodus 1–18: The Implications, the People
- 222 Exodus 19—Leviticus—Numbers 10: Israel at Sinai
- 223 Reading Exodus 19–40 and Leviticus
- 224 Exodus 19–40 and Leviticus: Yahweh in the Midst—Speaking
- 225 Exodus 19–40 and Leviticus: Two or Three or Five Types of “Law”
- 226 Exodus 19–40 and Leviticus: Six Reasons for Having “Law”
- 227 Exodus 19–40 and Leviticus: Five More Reasons for Having “Law”
- 228 Exodus 25–40: How to Build a Sanctuary
- 229 Leviticus 1–15: How to Worship, and How to Keep Pure
- 230 Leviticus 11–15: How to Keep Pure
- 231 Reading Numbers: Israel's Journey to the Land of Promise
- 232 Numbers 11–25: How Not to Get to the Promised Land
- 233 Numbers: Four Reasons Why Israel Fought Wars
- 234 Numbers: Five More Reasons Why Israel Fought Wars
- 235 Reading Deuteronomy
- 236 Deuteronomy's Emphases
- 237 Deuteronomy's Both/And's
- 238 Deuteronomy: Who Wrote It?
- 239 Exodus Through Deuteronomy: Looking Back
- 240 Exodus Through Deuteronomy: Reviewing the Different Versions of Its Teaching
- 241 Exodus Through Deuteronomy: The Way It Has Unfolded
- 242 Exodus Through Deuteronomy: Why Does It Say the Things It Does?
- 243 Exodus Through Deuteronomy: Two Approaches to Interpreting the Torah for Today
- 244 Exodus Through Deuteronomy: Two More Approaches to Interpreting the Torah for Today
- 245 Web Resources
- Part Three: The Prophets
- 301 The Prophets: Who and What Are They?
- 302 Joshua Through Kings: Two More Ways of Seeing the Books
- 303 Joshua Through Kings: An Outline of the Books and of the History
- 304 Joshua Through Kings: Approaches to the Stories
- 305 Joshua Through Kings: What to Look for in the Stories
- 306 Joshua: An Outline of the Book
- 307 Joshua: The Book's Origin
- 308 Reading Joshua
- 309 Joshua: The Book's Spirituality
- 310 Joshua: The Book's Ethics
- 311 Joshua: The History
- 312 Joshua: Models for How Israel Came to Be Israel in Canaan
- 313 Judges: An Outline of the Book and Its Origins
- 314 Reading Judges
- 315 Judges: Its Significance
- 316 Judges: The Archaeology of the Period
- 317 First and Second Samuel: Outline and Origin
- 318 Reading 1 Samuel: Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Saul
- 319 First Samuel (and Elsewhere): Attitudes Toward Monarchy
- 320 Reading 1-2 Samuel
- 321 First and Second Samuel (and Elsewhere): Who Was David?
- 322 First and Second Samuel: Again, Who Was David?
- 323 First and Second Kings: Outline, Origin, Aim, Resources
- 324 Reading 1-2 Kings
- 325 First and Second Kings: Prophets and Their God
- 326 The Prophets and the History of Ephraim and Judah
- 327 First and Second Kings: The Books’ Message
- 328 The Baals: Canaanite Theology and Canaanite Religion
- 329 The Latter Prophets
- 330 Isaiah: The Scroll with a Message from Israel's Holy One
- 331 Isaiah 1–12: Why It Comes in the Order It Does
- 332 Reading Isaiah 1–12
- 333 Isaiah 13–27: Yahweh's Intentions for the Nations
- 334 Reading Isaiah 13–27
- 335 Isaiah 28–39
- 336 Isaiah 31 as Poetry
- 337 Reading Isaiah 28–39; and How to Think About the Nations
- 338 Reading Micah
- 339 Reading Joel
- 340 Reading Hosea
- 341 Reading Amos and Obadiah
- 342 Amos: How Amos Believes Things Should Be or Should Have Been
- 343 Reading Jonah
- 344 Jeremiah: The History and the Book
- 345 Reading Jeremiah
- 346 Jeremiah: Social Justice (aka Faithful Judgment)
- 347 Jeremiah: Sin and Hope
- 348 Jeremiah: What Makes a False Prophet?
- 349 Jeremiah and the Superpower
- 350 Reading Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah
- 351 Reading Ezekiel
- 352 Ezekiel: Like Other Prophets, Only More So
- 353 Ezekiel: What Do His Promises Refer To? Promise and Fulfillment
- 354 Isaiah 40–55: The Context and the Approach to Communication
- 355 Isaiah 40–55: The Message and the People That It Addresses
- 356 Reading Isaiah 40–55: Who Is This Prophet, Who Is This Servant?
- 357 Reading Isaiah 56–66
- 358 Isaiah: The Three (or Four) Voices in the Book
- 359 The Unity of the Book of Isaiah
- 360 Reading Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
- 361 Prophecy: What Is a Prophet—Then and Now?
- 362 Prophecy: What Does the Fulfillment of Prophecy Mean?
- 363 Web Resources
- Part Four: The Writings
- 401 The Writings: What Are They?
- 402 Ezra–Nehemiah
- 403 Reading Ezra–Nehemiah
- 404 Reading 1–2 Chronicles
- 405 Chronicles: A Narrative Contextual Theology of Music in Worship
- 406 Reading Esther
- 407 Esther: Its Significance in the Context of Scripture as a Whole
- 408 Reading Ruth
- 409 Ruth: What Kind of Story?
- 410 Psalms: One Hundred and Fifty Examples of How to Talk to God
- 411 Reading Psalms of Praise: How to Worship Together
- 412 Psalms of Praise: Psalm 95 and Psalm 100 as Examples of How to Worship
- 413 Psalms in Israel's Worship
- 414 The Psalm Introductions and Their Link with Worship
- 415 Psalms of David or David-Psalms?
- 416 Psalms of Prayer: How to Pray for Ourselves
- 417 Reading Psalms of Prayer
- 418 Psalms of Prayer: How to Keep Hoping and How to Keep Praying
- 419 Psalms as Intercession: How to Pray for Other People
- 420 Psalms as Intercession: How to Pray for the Government
- 421 Psalms as Imprecation: How to Pray Against Other People
- 422 Reading Thanksgiving Psalms: How to Give Your Testimony
- 423 Psalms of Protest and Thanksgiving for an Individual, a Leader, a Community
- 424 Psalms: How the Prayer-Testimony Process Gets Short-Circuited
- 425 Psalms: The Interrelationship of Praise and Prayer
- 426 Reading Psalms of Confession: How to Say You're Sorry
- 427 Reading Lamentations
- 428 Wisdom in the Old Testament: How to Learn from Life
- 429 Reading Proverbs
- 430 Proverbs 1–9: How to Stay Faithful
- 431 Reading Song of Songs
- 432 Reading Job
- 433 Job: Two Possible Insights
- 434 Job: Four More Possible Insights
- 435 Reading Ecclesiastes
- 436 Ecclesiastes: Its Characteristic Slant
- 437 Daniel: Narrative, Worship and Wisdom
- 438 Reading Daniel
- 439 Daniel 11 as a Starting Point
- 440 Daniel 7 and the Empires
- 441 Daniel: Two-Stage Origin, Binary Theology
- 442 Web Resources
- Part Five: Looking Back over the Whole
- 501 Looking Back over the Old Testament: The Narrative
- 502 Looking Back over the Old Testament: Instruction and Prophecy
- 503 Looking Back over the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalmody
- 504 The Conversation Within the Canon: A Complex Reality
- 505 The Conversation Within the Canon: Different Emphases
- 506 The Relationship of the Old Testament and the New Testament
- 507 Web Resources
- 508 Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- Praise for An Introduction to the Old Testament
- About the Author