Understanding the Old Testament
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The 39 books of the Old Testament constitute the Hebrew Bible, comprise nearly three quarters of the Christian Bible, and contain substantial material considered sacred within Islam. As such, the Old Testament is among the most influential and widely read texts in world history. A+ Professor Biography......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Course Scope......Page 7 Lecture 1 • The Old Testament as Literature......Page 9 Viewing the Text......Page 10 The Point of the Pattern......Page 11 Genesis 1......Page 13 The Functional View......Page 14 Unpacking the Words......Page 15 Authorship......Page 16 Source Criticism......Page 18 The Early Text of Genesis 2......Page 20 Later Verses of Genesis 2......Page 22 Final Verses of Genesis 2......Page 23 The Serpent......Page 25 The Persuasion Continues......Page 27 The Final Verses......Page 29 Abraham’s Beginning......Page 31 Chapter 17......Page 33 Chapter 22......Page 34 The Meaning of the Story......Page 35 The Burning Bush......Page 37 Objections and the Sign......Page 39 The Plagues......Page 40 Quiz 1......Page 42 The First Commandment......Page 44 The First Four Christian Commandments......Page 45 The Tenth Commandment......Page 46 The Word Avad......Page 48 The Scattered Topics of the Covenant Code......Page 49 Two Types of Laws......Page 50 Differences......Page 51 A Close Relationship......Page 52 Justice......Page 53 Lecture 9 • Leviticus at a Crossroads......Page 55 The Sacrificial System......Page 56 The Manual of Impurities......Page 57 The Day of Atonement......Page 58 A Standalone Book?......Page 61 The Four Models......Page 62 Ethnicity......Page 64 The Pattern of Judges......Page 65 Gideon......Page 68 Abimelech......Page 70 Jephthah......Page 72 Samson......Page 74 Conclusion......Page 76 Background on Samuel......Page 77 Saul and David......Page 79 Bathsheba......Page 80 Solomon......Page 82 Quiz 2......Page 84 Background on the Books of Kings......Page 86 Israelite Prophecy......Page 87 Elijah......Page 88 The Contest......Page 89 The Fallout......Page 90 The Decline......Page 92 Rebellion and Hope......Page 93 An Exile......Page 95 Postexilic Stories......Page 97 The Book of Ruth......Page 98 The Book of Esther......Page 99 Conclusion......Page 100 Background on the Book of Amos......Page 102 Amos’s Style......Page 104 The Woes......Page 105 The End of the Book of Amos......Page 106 An Important Time and the First Movement......Page 107 The Third Movement......Page 109 Background on the Book of Jeremiah......Page 111 The First Message......Page 112 The Second Theme......Page 113 Dating the Book......Page 116 Elements of Apocalyptic Literature......Page 117 Innovations......Page 118 Stores in Daniel......Page 119 Quiz 3......Page 122 Parallelism......Page 124 A Difficult Passage......Page 125 Names of the Psalms......Page 126 Five Books......Page 128 Three Questions......Page 130 Distinct Formats......Page 132 The Purpose......Page 133 Hokhma......Page 134 Instructions and Attribution......Page 135 The First Collection......Page 136 The Beginning of the Text......Page 138 The Dialogue......Page 139 God’s Appearance......Page 140 Different Interpretations......Page 141 God’s Two Points......Page 142 Situating the Book......Page 144 A Repeating Structure......Page 145 The Book’s Meaning......Page 146 Dragons in the Bible......Page 148 The Myth and the Book of Isaiah......Page 150 The Myth and the Psalms......Page 151 The Myth and the Book of Job......Page 152 Quiz 4......Page 154 Bibliography......Page 156 Image Credits......Page 166
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