T & T Clark handbook of the Old Testament <subTitle>An introduction to the literature, religion and history of the Old Testament</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Gertz, Jan Christian</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1964-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.K</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>T & T Clark</publisher> <dateIssued>2012</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>840tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Beginning with methods and sources, this Handbook looks at the Biblical text, archaeology, other texts, and iconography. It explores varying exegetical methods, including historical criticism, canonical approach, feminist, social scientific and liberation theology. Methods in archaeology, Hebrew epigraphic and iconography are also covered. The second section is devoted to the history and religious history of Ancient Israel. Introductory matters, such as fundamental terminology and definitions, ethnic identity, ancestors and the dead, geography and time reckoning are explicated before the book moves on to a historical survey from the Iron Age (c. 1200 BCE) to the early Roman period (ending about 63 CE). The heart of the book is a detailed survey of the Hebrew canonical books, section by section and book by book. The discussion for each book includes: biblical presentation and content</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jan Christian Gertz, Angelika Berlejung, Konrad Schmid, Markus Witte</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Old Testament -- Introductions</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">221.6</classification> <classification authority="ddc">J33-G38</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780567253682</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2021/12/23/_123288353_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2021/12/23/_123288353_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2021-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070431.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>