The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures

The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures

Lucidly written by leading biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan, this balanced, engaging, and up-to-date introduction to the Hebrew scriptures distills the best of current scholarship. Employing the narrative chronology of the Bible itself and the history of the ancient Near East as a framework, Coogan covers all the books of the Hebrew Bible, along with the deuterocanonical books included in the Bible used by many Christians. He works from a primarily historical and critical methodology but also introduces students to literary analysis and other interpretive strategies.<br><br><strong>A FREE 6-month subscription to Oxford Biblical Studies Online</strong> (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com)--a $180 value--is included with the purchase of every new copy of this text.<br><br><strong>SAVE YOUR STUDENTS 20%!</strong> <br><br>This text is available in a discounted package with <em>The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version, College Edition,</em> Fourth Edition. To assign this package, order package ISBN 978-0-19-935856-4. For additional Bibles and packaging options, contact your Oxford University Press Representative at 800.280.0280