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    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament: A Zondervan Digital Short
    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament: A Zondervan Digital Short
    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament: A Zondervan Digital Short
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    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament: A Zondervan Digital Short

    By Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard

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    Derived from Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard’s widely adopted textbook, An Introduction to the Old Testament, this digital short surveys key critical and interpretive issues in Old Testament study. Attention is given to the most significant historical, archaeological, literary, and theological questions, as well as to the perspective the New Testament brings to the Old. Students of the Old Testament will find A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament to be a handy reference tool.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateApr 10, 2012
    ISBN9780310496434
    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament: A Zondervan Digital Short
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    Tremper Longman III

    Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is a distinguished scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is on the advisory council of the BioLogos Foundation, and is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and general editor for the Story of God Bible Commentary Old Testament, and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Old Testament books.

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      theological questions, as well as to the perspective the New Test
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      Muy consisa, en cuanto al antiguo testamento. lo recomiendo mucho.
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      While I don't often read reference books cover-to-cover, I made an exception with this volume. I treated this book as a supplement to my regular Bible reading. Every time I read a different book in the Old Testament, I read the introduction to that book as well. For the last year or so, Dillard and Longman have been my dialogue partners as I read through the Hebrew Bible.The book is laid out simply. After a brief introduction there is a chapter on every book in the Old Testament. This makes it a great work to jump in to and out of as needed. Each chapter follows the same form:1. Historical Background: Who wrote the book in what setting?2. Literary Analysis: What genre is the book and what is its literary merit?3. Theological Message: What is the book trying to say?4. Approaching the New Testament: How is this book used in the New Testament?A few things set this work apart from the scores of Old Testament primers out there. Dillard and Longman are evangelical in perspective yet they have no problem interacting and dealing honestly with historical-critical perspectives. This is refreshing to see. I also appreciate the broader canonical perspective of the authors.If you're a thoughtful evangelical Christian looking to expand your understanding of the Old Testament as you read through it, I would encourage you to read this book.

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    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament - Tremper Longman III

    A Quick Introduction to the Old Testament

    ORIENTATION

    Bibliography

    B. W. Anderson, Understanding the Old Testament (Prentice-Hall, 1975); G. L. Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction (SOTI; Moody, 1964); W. Brueggemann, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination (Westminster John Knox, 2003); B. S. Childs, The Book of Exodus (Westminster, 1974); idem, Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (IOTS; Fortress, 1979); P. C. Craigie, The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content (Abingdon, 1986); J. G. Eichhorn, Einleitung in das Alte Testament, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1780– 83); O. Eissfeldt, The Old Testament: An Introduction (OTI; Oxford, 1965); R. H. Gundry, Jesus the Word according to John the Sectarian: A Paleofun-damentalist Manifesto for Contemporary Evangelicalism, Especially Its Elites, in North America (Eerdmans, 2001); R. K. Harrison, Introduction to the Old Testament (IOT; Eerdmans, 1969); O. Kaiser, Introduction to the Old Testament (Oxford, 1975); Y. Kaufmann, The Religion of Israel (University of Chicago Press, 1960); A. L. Laffey, An Introduction to the Old Testament: A Feminist Perspective (Fortress, 1988); W. S. LaSor, D. A. Hubbard, and F. W. Bush, Old Testament Survey (OTS; 2nd ed.; Eerdmans, 1996); R. Rendtorff, The Old Testament: An Introduction (OTI; Fortress, 1986); A. Rivetus, Isagoge, seu introductio generalis, ad scripturam sacram veteris et novi testamenti (Leiden, 1627); J. A. Soggin, Introduction to the Old Testament (IOT; Westminster, 1976); M. Sternberg, The Poetics of Biblical Narrative (Indiana University Press, 1985); E. J. Young, An Introduction to the Old Testament (IOT; Eerd-mans, 1949).

    The Genre

    The genre of introduction has a well-established place in the field of Old Testament studies. It is one of the first volumes that serious students of the Bible encounter in their quest to understand the text. Its very title connotes the preliminary nature of its subject matter. As E. J. Young commented, the word derives from the Latin introducere that means to lead in or to introduce (1949, 15).

    It is thus the purpose of this introduction, like all introductions, to acquaint the reader with information that is important to know in order to read the books of the Old Testament with understanding. In more contemporary terminology, our goal is to provide the student with resources needed to achieve reading competence. ¹

    Many introductions have been written during the history of biblical studies. Since the history of the genre may be found elsewhere (see Young 1945, 15– 37; Childs 1979, 27– 47), it will not be repeated here. Nevertheless, a few of the major transitional points will give the reader a feel for the evolution of the genre and provide a framework for the present volume.

    The church fathers did not write what we would recognize today as introductions to the Old Testament, but they did deal with topics that would later occupy volumes that go by that name. Thus Jerome, Augustine, Origen, and others wrote concerning authorship, literary style, canonics, text, and theological issues. Their comments, however, may be found in scattered locations and not in any single volume.

    Childs and Young disagree over the date of the first truly modern Old Testament introduction. Young attributes it to Michael Walther (1636) because of his distinction between matters of general and special introduction (see below). Childs, on the other hand, dates it later with J. G. Eichhorn, whose three-volume Einleitung was first published between 1780 and 1783. The difference reflects the theological

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