Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures vii
List of Maps ix
Main Discussions/Outlines of Biblical Books x
Preface xiv
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
Overview of the Historical Period xx
Timeline xxii
Prologue: Multiple Bibles, Versions, and Translations 1
1 Studying the Bible in its Ancient Context(s) 19
2 The Emergence of Ancient Israel and its First Oral Traditions 35
3 Beginnings of the Monarchy and Royal and Zion Texts 59
4 Interlude: Echoes of Past Empires in Biblical Wisdom, Love Poetry, Law, and Narrative 77
5 Narrative and Prophecy Amidst the Rise and Fall of The Northern Kingdom 101
6 Micah, Isaiah, and the Southern Prophetic Encounter with Assyria 123
7 Torah and History in the Wake of the Assyrian Empire 139
8 Prophecy in the Transition from Assyrian to Babylonian Domination 165
9 Laments, History, and Prophecies after the Destruction of Jerusalem 177
10 Torah and Trauma 199
11 The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian-Sponsored Rebuilding of Judah 227
12 Other Texts Formed in the Crucible of Post-Exilic Rebuilding 249
13 Hellenistic Empires and the Formation of Multiple Scriptures 265
Glossary 287
Index 301
