Introduction to the Old Testament (1961 Weiser / Barton), book (British ed.)

Introduction to the Old Testament / The Old Testament: Its Formation and Development (1961) is the English edition of Einleitung in das Alte Testament = Introduction to the Old Testament, 4th ed. (1957 Weiser), book. Translated from the German by Dorothea M. Barton.

Abstract

Translated from the 4th German ed.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Association Press, 1961.

Contents

Name and subject matter, history and literature -- Arrangement -- Historical and cultural background -- The roots of the literary tradition of the OT -- The poetic structure -- Songs -- Sayings -- Laws and records -- Narratives -- Name and contents -- The tradition concerning the composition of the Pentateuch and the internal evidence -- The history of Pentateuchal criticism -- How the sources of the Pentateuch were formed -- The Yahwist strand -- The Elohist strand -- Deuteronomy -- The priestly writing -- The book of Joshua -- The book of Judges -- The books of Samuel -- The books of Kings -- Isaiah -- Deutero-Isaiah (Is. 40-55) -- Isaiah 56-66 -- Jeremiah -- Ezekiel -- The book of the twelve prophets -- Hosea -- Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Haggai -- Zechariah 1-8 -- Zechariah 9-14 -- Malachi -- The psalms -- The book of Job -- The proverbs -- The song of songs -- The book of Ruth -- Lamentations -- Ecclesiastes -- The book of Esther -- Daniel -- Ezra and Nehemiah -- The books of Chronicles -- The tradition concerning the formation of the Old Testament canon -- The formation of the Old Testament as a collection of holy scriptures -- The development of the Jewish conception of the canon and the closing of the canon -- The canon of the Old Testament in the Christian church -- The outward form in which the text was handed down (writing and books) -- The Massoretic text -- The Samaritan Pentateuch -- The Greek versions (Septuagint and daughter versions) -- The Targumim -- The Peshitta -- The Vulgate -- The polyglot Bibles -- 1 Esdras -- The first book of Maccabees -- The second book of Maccabees -- The third book of Maccabees -- The book of Tobit -- The book of Judith -- The prayer of Manasses -- The rest of Daniel -- The rest of Esther -- The book of Baruch -- The epistle of Jeremiah -- Ecclesiasticus -- The wisdom of Solomon -- The letter of Aristeas -- The book of Jubilees -- The martyrdom and ascension of Isaiah -- The psalms of Solomon -- The fourth book of Maccabees -- The Sibylline oracles -- The Ethiopic book of Enoch -- The Slavonic book of Enoch -- The assumption of Moses -- 2 Esdras (4 Ezra) -- The Syriac apocalypse of Baruch -- The Greek apocalypse of Baruch -- The testaments of the 12 patriarchs -- The life of Adam and Eve -- Sites and discoveries. The archaeological exploration -- Biblical manuscripts and commentaries -- Non-biblical manuscripts -- The sect of Qumran