Introducing the Old Testament

Introducing the Old Testament / John Drane.

"John Drane's survey textbook provides an engaging general introduction to the persons, events, and cultural context of the Old Testament. Arranged historically, Drane's text takes readers through the books of the Old Testament with numerous special articles spelling out in greater de...

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Main Author: Drane, John (John William), 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2011.
Edition:Third Edition.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Introductions.
Table of Contents:
  • The stories and the books
  • The founding of a nation
  • New people in an old land
  • "A king like other nations"
  • Two kingdoms
  • Judah and Jerusalem
  • Dashed hopes and new horizons
  • 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.

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