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Author Anderson, Bernhard W.

Title Understanding the Old Testament / Bernhard W. Anderson.

Publication Info. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1975]

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  221.95 A545UB    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description xxi, 649 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents P.1 The covenant community is formed -- The beginning of Israel -- Liberation from bondage -- Covenant in the wilderness -- The promised land -- The struggle between faith and culture -- P.2 Israel becomes like the nations -- The throne of David -- Israel's epic -- prophetic troubles of Israel -- Fallen is the virgin Israel -- Judah's covenant with death -- The rediscovery of mosaic torah -- The doom of the nation -- P.3 The covenant community is renewed -- By the waters of Babylon -- The dawn of a new age -- A kingdom of priests -- The praises of Israel -- The beginning of wisdom -- The unfulfilled drama.
Note Includes indexes.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 607-633.
Subject Bible. Old Testament -- History of Biblical events.
Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.
ISBN 0139361537
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