An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books
Language: English
Published by Moody Publishers, 1993
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Rich rewards await readers who dig deep into the historical books of the Old Testament. Incredible events, amazing love stories, larger-than-life personalities, and deep theological themes are just some of the treasures found in Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.These books tell the story of the nation of Israel and the God who loves her, punishes her, and always brings this recalcitrant people back to Himself. It is really the story of all of us.David M. Howard Jr. provides an in-depth introduction to the Old Testament historical books, focusing first on the overarching themes of historical narrative in general. He then turns his attention to each book, considering topics like: Authorship and datePlace in the canonHistorical and cultural contextTheology of the bookSpecial issues pertaining to the bookFrom the conquest of Canaan to the fall of Jerusalem, from war to peace and back to war, from kings and queens to farmers and housewives--David Howard covers it all in this invaluable introduction to the Old Testament historical books.…
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- Title
- An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books
- Author
- David M Howard
- Publisher
- Moody Publishers
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0802441270
- ISBN 13
- 9780802441270
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About the Author
DAVID M. HOWARD Jr. (B.S., Geneva College; M.A., Wheaton College; A.M., Ph.D., The University of Michigan), is Professor of Old Testament at Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul, MInnesota. Formerly he taught at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Bethel College and Seminary. He is the author of four books, including Fascinating Bible Facts: People, Places and Events; The Structure of Psalms 93-100; and Joshua (New American Commentary series), and several dozen articles in scholarly journals and Bible encyclopedias. He has served on Bible translation committees for the New Living Translation and the Holman Christian Standard Bible. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, for which he serves on the Executive Committee as Book Review Editor for Bible of its Journal, and as Chair of its Old Testament Historical Literature Study Group; the Society of Biblical Literature, for which he serves as Chair of the Biblical Hebrew Poetry Section; and the Institute for Biblical Research.
c.1993
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