The Old Testament, 4th Edition
Text and Context
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- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781540969736
- Dimensions
- 7 x 9.25
- Pub. Date
- Feb 2026
- SRP
- $44.99
- Carton Quantity
- 20
- Number of pages
- 400
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- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780801048357
- Dimensions
- 7 x 9.25
- Pub. Date
- Mar 2012
- SRP
- $36.00
- Carton Quantity
- 13
- Number of pages
- 334
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- Format
- E-Book
- ISBN
- 9781441236265
- Pub. Date
- Mar 2012
- SRP
- $36.00
About
This substantially updated fourth edition of a classroom standard provides students with an accessible introduction to the literature, history, and social context of the Old Testament.
Written by two seasoned Old Testament professors with distinguished careers, this book pays attention to methodology, archaeology, history, and literary genre. The fourth edition brings archaeology up to date with current discoveries and methods and incorporates new insights from current scholarship. This edition has been restructured to increase its usability in one-semester classes on the Old Testament, improving the book's usefulness for instructors. The book also maintains its student-focused orientation, with revisions throughout to increase its readability.
The Old Testament: Text and Context is designed to assist students who are encountering the material for the first time. It includes helpful illustrations, sidebars, maps, study questions, and enrichment activities, making it well suited for undergraduate-level Old Testament courses in university and college settings.
1. Introduction
Part 1: The Premonarchic Period
2. The Beginning, the Exodus, and the Settlement
3. The Books of Joshua and Judges
Part 2: The Early Monarchic Period
4. Early and Divided Monarchy
5. Prophets in the Early Monarchic Period
Part 3: The Late Monarchic Period
6. Prophets in the Late Monarchic Period
7. Prophetic Voices of the Late Seventh Century BCE
Part 4: The Exile and the Persian Period
8. The Exile
9. Postexilic Prophecy
10. Postexilic Narrative
11. Wisdom Literature and Psalmody
Part 5: The Hellenistic Period
12. Hellenism and the Book of Daniel
13. The Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical Books
14. Concluding Remarks
Glossary of Terms and Concepts
Indexes
The Authors
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Victor H. Matthews
Victor H. Matthews (PhD, Brandeis University) is professor emeritus of religious studies at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. He served as dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs for fourteen years. Matthews is the author of...
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James C. Moyer
James C. Moyer (PhD, Brandeis University) is professor emeritus of religious studies at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, where he served as department head of religious studies for over twenty years.
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