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.