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Description edit
Lucidly written by a leading biblical scholar, 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, author Michael... read more
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Characters/People edit
- David: Add a description of this character.
- Judah
- Solomon
- Samuel
- Saul
- Jeremiah
- Jacob
- Joshua
- Daniel
- Yahweh
- Hezekiah
- Deuteronomy
- Josiah
- Hosea
- Amos
- Isaac
- Aaron
- Abraham
- Isaiah
- Joseph
- Moses
- Ben Sira
- Manasseh
- Ezekiel
- Judith
- Ephraim
- Doubleday
- Ezra
- Jonathan
- Elijah
- Esther
- Miriam
- Gideon
- Deborah
- Nehemiah
- Ishmael
- Ruth
- Cain
- M. D. Coogan
- Cyrus
- Nebuchadrezzar
- Lev
- Hiram
- Hatti
- Darius
- Samson
Setting & Locations edit
- Israel
- Temple In Jerusalem
- Egypt
- Babylonia
- Diaspora
- Near East
- Assyria
- New York
- Canaan
- Transjordan
- Mesopotamia
- Moab
- Shechem
- Zechariah
- Samaria
- Judaism
- Ecclesiastes
- Edom
- Nineveh
- Marduk
- Jericho
- Bethel
- Balaam
- Mount Sinai
- Palestine
- Sennacherib
- Greece
- Persia
- Damascus
- Judea
- Jordan River
- Rahab
- San Francisco
- Louisville
- Ugaritic
- Aramaic
- Hebron
- Genesis
- Bethlehem
- Lebanon
- Bathsheba
- Asia
First Sentence edit
The Bible begins with the book of Genesis, which means "beginning," and, more literally, "birth."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael D. Coogan (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 221.61
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Old Testament › Study
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Biographies › Old Testament
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Commentaries › Old Testament
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Criticism & Interpretation › Old Testament
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Judaism › Sacred Writings › Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) › Biography
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Theology › Old Testament
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Concordances
- Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › German
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