A theological introduction to the Old Testament / Bruce C. Birch ... [et al.]. - 2nd ed. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, 2005. - xviii, 485 p. : maps, 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Old Testament as theological witness -- The created order and the re-creation of broken order -- Promises made, threatened, and fulfilled -- Bondage, exodus, wilderness -- The structures of covenant life -- "The people of the land" -- The rise of the monarchy -- Kings and prophets in the divided kingdom -- Prophecy and reform : from Jeroboam to Josiah -- Collapse/exile/hope -- Wisdom, order, protest -- New life, renewed community, new crises.

068706676X (alk. paper)

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Bible.--Old Testament--Theology.
Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions.

BS1192.5 / THE 2005

230/.0411