From Dan to Beersheba’ the Story and World of the Old Testament
‘From Dan to Beersheba’ The Story and World of the Old Testament
Brad Anderson Holy Land 2019
Contents
The Old Testament: 1 Story, History, Text, and the Land
Whose Bible Is It? 1 6 Judaism, Christianity, and the Old Testament
2 The Torah/Pentateuch: Stories of origins 15
3 Digging deeper: a complex text 22 The Historical Books (1): 4 32 Conquest and early monarchy
5 Digging deeper: Bible, History, and Archaeology 36 The Historical Books (2): 6 43 The divided kingdom and rise of the empires Digging deeper: prophecy and prophetic 7 literature 51 Assyrian Empire – pre-exilic prophets
8 Assyrian Empire – pre-exilic prophets 58
9 Babylonian Empire – exilic prophets 66
A Guide to Archaeological Periods 77 MAPS AND CHARTS Maps 1. Old Testament Israel (front cover) 2. Map of the Journeys of Abraham, Jacob and Joseph (19) 3. Territory and Roads during the United Monarchy (76) 4. The Neo-Assyrian Empire (80) 5. Topographical Map of the Holy Land (83) 6. Map of Modern Israel (84) Charts 1. Travelling through the Old Testament (inside front cover) 2. Canons of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible (9) 3. Hebrew Bible Sources Timeline (30) 4. The Kings of Judah and Israel (45) 5. Chronology of the Prophets (52) 6. The Stone Age (77) 7. The Bronze Age (79) 8. The Iron Age (80) 9. Important Assyrian Rulers (80) 10. Historical Periods (81) 11. Stratigraphy (82)