Introducing the Old Testament, 4th ed.
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Continuously in print for over 30 years, and available in many different languages, John Drane’s Introducing the Old Testament has long been recognized as an authoritative and accessible survey of the subject.
This new edition has been fully revised and updated with fresh material on a range of topics, especially the political and cultural context that influenced the compilation of its books and the development of the faith of ancient Israel and Judah. Specific issues that will be of particular interest to students are highlighted in special boxed feature sections, along with an extensive glossary of technical terms and key maps and diagrams.
This book is the ideal starting point for readers who wish to explore the Old Testament and its world in the light of recent scholarship, and its relevance to life in the twenty-first century.
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- Features an extensive glossary of technical terms and key maps and diagrams
- Includes highlighted boxes with feature sections containing specific issues of particular interest
- Serves as the ideal starting point to explore the OT and its world in the light of recent scholarship
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Egypt
- Canaanites, Israelites, and Everyday Life
- Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks
- The Founding of a Nation
- New People in an Old Land
- ‘A King Like Other Nations’
- Two kingdoms
- Judah and Jerusalem
- Reflecting on the Past, Imagining a Better Future
- New Possibilities and Old Temptations
- The Challenge of a New Age
- The Living God
- God and the World
- Living as the People of God
- Worship
- From Hebrew Bible to Old Testament