A theological introduction to the Old Testament </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Birch, Bruce C.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1941-...)</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">0:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Abingdon</publisher> <dateIssued>1999</dateIssued> <edition>1st.</edition> <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>475tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>This book has become a standard text in seminary and university classrooms. The purpose of this second edition is to help readers come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church's scripture. This book introduces the Old Testament both as a witness of ancient Israel and as a witness to the church and synagogue through the generations of those who have passed these texts on as scripture.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Bruce C. Birch</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Old Testament -- Introductions</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">230.0411</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B886-B62</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0687013488</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/24/9780687013487.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/24/9780687013487.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070456.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>