Includes indexes (pages 1281-1325).

Bibliographical footnotes.

Preface vii List of Abbreviations xiii PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF OLD TESTAMENT STUDY 1 I. The Background—Through the Eighteenth Century 3 II. The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis 19 III. Reactions to the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis 33 IV. Old Testament Scholarship Since World War I 62 PART TWO: OLD TESTAMENT ARCHAEOLOGY 83 I. Historical Survey of Scientific Archaeology 85 II. The Archaeology of Early Mesopotamia 96 III. The Archaeological Background of the Old Testament 105 IV. The Dead Sea Scrolls 134 PART THREE: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CHRONOLOGY 145 I. Chronology from Adam to Abraham 147 II. The Chronology of Israel’s Early History 164 III. Old Testament History—the Monarchy and After 181 PART FOUR: THE OLD TESTAMENT TEXT AND CANON 199 I. The History of Hebrew Writing 201 II. The Old Testament Text 211 III. Textual Criticism 244 IV. The Old Testament Canon 260 PART FIVE: OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY 289 I. The Study of Old Testament History 291 II. Problems of Old Testament History 308 PART SIX: OLD TESTAMENT RELIGION 349 I. The Evolutionary Hypothesis 351 II. Recent Studies in Hebrew Religion 362 III. Influences on the Religion of the Hebrews 381 IV. The History of Old Testament Religion 396 PART SEVEN: OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY 415 I. The History of Old Testament Theology 417 II. Principles of Interpretation 443 III. The Authority of Scripture 462 IV. Problems in Old Testament Theology 476 PART EIGHT: THE PENTATEUCH 493 I. The Study of the Pentateuch 495 II. The Book of Genesis 542 III. The Book of Exodus 566 IV. The Book of Leviticus 589 V. The Book of Numbers 614 VI. The Book of Deuteronomy 635 PART NINE: THE FORMER PROPHETS 663 I. The Book of Joshua 665 II. The Book of Judges 680 III. The Books of Samuel 695 IV. The Books of Kings 719 PART TEN: THE LATTER PROPHETS (I): THE MAJOR PROPHETS 739 I. Prophets in the Old Testament 741 II. The Book of Isaiah 764 III. The Book of Jeremiah 801 IV. The Book of Ezekiel 822 PART ELEVEN: THE LATTER PROPHETS (II): THE MINOR PROPHETS 857 I. The Book of Hosea 859 II. The Book of Joel 874 III. The Book of Amos 883 IV. The Book of Obadiah 898 V. The Book of Jonah 904 VI. The Book of Micah 919 VII. The Book of Nahum 926 VIII. The Book of Habakkuk 931 IX. The Book of Zephaniah 939 X. The Book of Haggai 944 XI. The Book of Zechariah 949 XII. The Book of Malachi 958 PART TWELVE: THE SACRED WRITINGS (I): THE BOOK OF TRUTH 963 I. Hebrew Poetry 965 II. The Book of Psalms 976 III. Hebrew Wisdom Literature 1004 IV. The Book of Proverbs 1010 V. The Book of Job 1022 PART THIRTEEN: THE SACRED WRITINGS (II): THE MEGILLOTH 1047 I. Canticles or the Song of Solomon 1049 II. The Book of Rut 1059 III. The Book of Lamentations 1065 IV. The Book of Ecclesiastes 1072 V. The Book of Esther 1085 PART FOURTEEN: THE SACRED WRITINGS (III): DANIEL, EZRA-NEHEMIAH, AND CHRONICLES 1103 I. The Book of Daniel 1105 II. The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah 1135 III. The Books of Chronicles 1152 PART FIFTEEN: THE APOCRYPHA 1173 I. The Apocryphal Books 1175 II. The First Book of Esdras 1194 III. The Second Book of Esdras 1200 IV. The Book of Tobit 1208 V. The Book of Judith 1214 VI. The Additions to the Book of Esther 1218 VII. The Wisdom of Solomon 1221 VIII. The Book of Ecclesiasticus 1231 IX. The Book of Baruch 1238 X. The Letter of Jeremiah 1242 XI. The Additions to the Book of Daniel 1245 XII. The Prayer of Manasseh 1255 XIII. The Two Books of Maccabees 1259 XIV. Epilogue 1277 Indexes 1279

Comprehensive review of Old Testament studies and a special supplement on the Apocrypha. Written in such a way that will make it useful to both the scholar and novice. Definitely a scholar with an evanglical approach.