TY - BOOK AU - Birch,Bruce C. TI - A theological introduction to the Old Testament SN - 068706676X (alk. paper) AV - BS1192.5 THE 2005 U1 - 230/.0411 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Nashville PB - Abingdon Press KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Theology KW - Introductions N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022219.html ER -