The Old Testament: An Introduction

translated from German by John Bowden, forest green linen-like hard covers and spine, spine only with gilt lettering for title, author and publisher logo, previous owner's name on fly leaf in ink, 19 chapters divided into 3 sections: The Old Testament as a Source of History of Israel, The Literature of the Old Testament in the Life of Ancient Israel, The Books of the Old Testament, rare ink marks found in the introduction and page 1, no other marks found, dust jacket leaf green with rare bumping on upper and lower edges, lettering in white with black border and black, gray Hebrew letters outlined in black and black Hebrew letters, old price stick on front cover, spine with title, author and publisher logo, back cover with 2 reviews and publisher info, dj flaps white with highlights of the book, short bio of the author, back flap with list of other books by same publisher, at book close: abbreviations, index of subjects, index of names, index of Hebrew Words, Differences between Hebrew and English Biblical References, Index of Modern Scholars.…