The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Designed for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Hebrew Bible this text has two goals: to acquaint readers with the content and major themes of the biblical documents and to introduce them to issues in biblical scholarship. Pedagogically rich and reader-friendly this text was designed for conventional introductory courses using historical-critical methodology and will also be useful in courses studying the Bible as literature or as a reference text in the study of ancient religion.