The Hebrew Bible: A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and the Jewish Tanakh

ISBN-13: 9781119636670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 336 str.

David M. Carr

Spis treści

List of Figures viList of Maps viiiList of Boxes ixPreface xiiAcknowledgments xivList of Abbreviations xviOverview of the Historical Period xviiTimeline xviiiPrologue: Orientation to Multiple Bibles and Multiple Translations 11 Studying the Bible in Its Ancient Context(s) 152 The Emergence of Ancient Israel and Its First Oral Traditions 333 Beginnings of the Monarchy and Royal and Zion Texts 534 Echoes of Past Empires in Biblical Wisdom, Love Poetry, Law, and Narrative 715 Narrative and Prophecy amidst the Rise and Fall of the Northern Kingdom 916 Micah, Isaiah, and the Southern Prophetic Encounter with Assyria 1157 Torah and History in the Wake of the Assyrian Empire 1318 Prophecy in the Transition from Assyrian to Babylonian Domination 1539 Laments, History, and Prophecies after the Destruction of Jerusalem 16510 Torah and Trauma 18711 The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian-Sponsored Rebuilding of Judah 20712 Other Texts Formed in the Crucible of Post-Exilic Rebuilding 22913 Hellenistic Empires and the Formation of Multiple Scriptures 245Glossary 264Index 273

O autorze

DAVID M. CARR is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is an accomplished scholar and author and has written several books on the formation of the Bible, trauma studies and the Bible, and sexuality and the Bible.