David M. Carr - The Hebrew Bible

8 Chapter 6FIGURE 6.1 The Sennacherib prism.FIGURE 6.2 Judean seals from the time of Isaiah and Micah, showing strong Eg...

9 Chapter 7MAP 7.1 The Judean kingdom after the fall of the north.FIGURE 7.1 Seals and other images from the late seventh century. They well i...

10 Chapter 9FIGURE 9.1 Ashes and arrowheads left from the Babylonian attack on Jerusalem...MAP 9.1 The journey to Babylon.FIGURE 9.2 Reproduction of part of the magnificent temple of Ishtar located ...

11 Chapter 10FIGURE 10.1 Another analogy for the composition of non‐P materials is this c...FIGURE 10.2 Silver amulet, dating to the period around the fall of Jerusalem...

12 Chapter 11FIGURE 11.1 Relief from the Persian capital of Persepolis. It depicts the ma...FIGURE 11.2 The Cyrus cylinder.MAP 11.1 Judah as a province of the Persian empire.

13 Chapter 13FIGURE 13.1 Copy of the Hebrew book of Ben Sira found near the Dead Sea.MAP 13.1 The expanding kingdom of the Hasmoneans.FIGURE 13.2 Coin from the time of the Hasmoneans, combining the Greek practi...

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6 Main Discussions/Outlines of Biblical Books

7 Preface to the First Edition

8 Acknowledgments

9 Abbreviations

10 Overview of the Historical Period

11 Timeline

12 Table of Contents

13 Begin Reading

14 Glossary

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SECOND EDITION

DAVID M. CARR

This edition first published 2021

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data Names: Carr, David McLain, 1961– author. Title: The Hebrew Bible: A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and the Jewish Tanakh/David M. Carr. Other titles: Introduction to the Old Testament Description: Second edition. | Hoboken : Wiley, 2021. | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020039756 (print) | LCCN 2020039757 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119636670 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119636663 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119636687 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Old Testament‐‐History. | Bible. Old Testament–History of contemporary events. | Bible. Old Testament–Introductions. Classification: LCC BS1130 .C37 2020 (print) | LCC BS1130 (ebook) | DDC 221.9/5–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020039756LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020039757