Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Anderson, Bernhard W. 1916-2007 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall [1959]
Edition:	5th print.
Subjects:	Bibel > Altes Testament Geschichte Einleitung Israel > Altertum
Item Description:	Contents: Introduction--Israel's sacred history -- Pt. 1: The covenant community is formed -- The beginnings of Israel -- The nature of the tradition -- The prologue to the Exodus -- The descent into Egypt -- The oppression in Egypt -- The role of Moses -- Event and interpretation -- Revelation and response -- The contest with the Pharaoh -- The victory at the Red Sea -- The covenant at Sinai -- Covenant and law -- Summary: the Mosaic faith -- The promised land -- Forty years of wandering -- Detour via Transjordan -- The invasion of Canaan -- The land of Canaan -- The Israelite conquest -- The formation of the tribal confederacy -- The struggle between faith and culture -- The temptations of Canaanite culture -- Leaders in crisis -- The decline of the Confederacy -- The last judge of Israel -- Pt. 2: Israel becomes like the nations -- The throne of David -- A time of international favor -- Israel's rustic king -- The architect of the Israelite state -- Solomon in his glory -- Israel's national epic -- From tradition to literature -- The Yahwist's epic -- The Yahwist's theology of history -- Primeval history -- The history of the patriarchs -- New horizons of faith -- Prophetic troublers of Israel -- Ecstatic prophecy -- A historian's version of the times -- The divided kingdom -- One prophet against four hundred -- Elijah, the Tishbite -- Elisha and the closing years of the Omri dynasty -- The fall of Northern Israel -- The revolution of Jehu -- The age of Jeroboam II -- The herdsman from Tekoa -- The prophecy of Hosea -- The fall of the Northern Kingdom -- Judah's covenant with death -- The book of Isaiah -- Isaiah's early ministry -- Micah, a rural prophet -- Isaiah's later career -- The rediscovery of Mosaic Torah -- Manasseh, the villain of Judah -- New outbursts of prophecy -- The Deuteronomic reformation -- The book of Deuteronomy -- The renewal of the covenant -- The inner weakness of the Deuteronomic reform
Physical Description:	XXIII, 551 Seiten Illustrationen und Karten 24 cm