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Exploring the Bible
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Exploring the Bible
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By Stephen Harris
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Copyright: 2014
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Preface v
Part One An Introduction to the Bible and the Biblical World
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Index
Preface v
Part One An Introduction to the Bible and the Biblical World
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the Apocrypha
Part Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index
Index
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