*=New to this EditionPreface: Abbreviations: Credits: PART ONE. INTRODUCTORY 1. WHAT IS THE BIBLE?Box 1.1 Chapter and Verse: The Jewish TanakhThe Christian Canons* Canon and Canonical Ordering of BooksBox 1.2 The Canons of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: The Study of the BibleBox 1.3 The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Look Back and Ahead2. THE PROMISED LANDGeographyHistoryc A Look Back and AheadPART TWO. COSMIC ORIGINS3.

CREATIONS Genesis 1-3The Book of GenesisGenesis 1 and the SabbathBox 3.1 Genesis and Science: * Box 3.2 The Sabbath across Time: Box 3.3 Myth and the Bible: The Second Account of Creation (Gen 2.4b-3.24)Box 3.4 "God" and "The LORD (God)": Box 3.5 The Garden of Eden: * Box 3.

6 Adam and Eve across Time: A Look Back and Ahead4. THE FORMATION OF THE PENTATEUCH AND THE PRIMEVAL HISTORY Genesis 4-11The Traditional ViewThe Development of Modern InterpretationA Summary of the Documentary HypothesisThe Formation of the PentateuchChallenges to the Documentary HypothesisOther Strategies for Interpreting the PentateuchPrimeval HistoryJ (the Yahwist Source)Box 4.1 Cain and Abel: * Box 4.2 The Cures of Ham across Time: Box 4.3 The Sons of God: Box 4.4 The Tower of Babel: Box 4.5 The Table of Nations: P (the Priestly Source)The FloodBox 4.6 The Documentary Hypothesis at Work: A Look Back and AheadPART THREE.

NATIONAL ORIGINS5. THE ANCESTORS OF ISRAEL Genesis 12-50The NarrativesBox 5.1 Abram and Abraham, Sarai and Sarah: * Box 5.2 The Binding of Isaac across Time: Box 5.3 Circumcision: * Box 5.4 The Sin of Sodom: Box 5.5 The Ugaritic Texts: The Ancestors of IsraelBox 5.6 Abraham, Father of Believers: * Box 5.

7 The Rape of Dinah: History and the Ancestors of IsraelThe Religion of the AncestorsA Look Back and Ahead6. ESCAPE FROM EGYPT Exodus 1-15The Book of ExodusExodus 1-15Box 6.1 Legends of Rescue: Box 6.2 The Meaning of the Divine Name Yahweh: Box 6.3 The Hardening of Pharaoh''s Heart: * Box 6.4 The Passover Celebration across Time: * Box 6.5 The Exodus in African-American Interpretations: The Exodus and HistoryThe Exodus and the History of ReligionsA Look Back and Ahead7. FROM EGYPT TO SINAI Exodus 16-24ItinerariesIncidents on the JourneyBox 7.

1 Manna: Box 7.2 The Location of Sinai: At SinaiCovenantThe Ten Commandments* Box 7.3 The Ten Commandments across Time: The Ratification of the CovenantA Look Back and Ahead8. LAW, RITUAL, AND HOLINESS Exodus 20.22-23.33 and 25-40 and LeviticusLaw in the Ancient Near EastBox 8.1 Excerpt from the Code of Hammurapi: The Covenant Code (Ex 20.22-23.

33)The Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Priestly Vestments and OrdinationBox 8.2 "An Eye for an Eye": The Golden CalfBox 8.3 Forty Days and Forty Nights: The Ritual DecalogueSequelBox 8.4 An Ancient Hebrew Agricultural Calendar: The Book of LeviticusSacrifices (Lev 1-7)The Consecration Ceremonies and Their Aftermath (Lev 8-10)Purity and Impurity (Lev 11-15)The Day of Atonement (Lev 16)The Holiness Code (Lev 17-26)* Box 8.5 Same-sex Relationships: Box 8.6 Capital Punishment: Women in Israelite Ritual and LawThe Ethics of LeviticusA Look Back and Ahead9. IN THE WILDERNESS NumbersThe Book of NumbersPreparations for the JourneyLaw, Ritual, and PurityThe Chronology and Geography of the WanderingsRebellions in the WildernessBox 9.1 Miriam: Opposition on the JourneyBox 9.

2 Excerpt from the Deir Alla Texts: Preparations for the Entry into the LandA Look Back and Ahead10. THE END OF THE JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND DeuteronomyThe Book of DeuteronomyBox 10.1 The Shema: The Origins of Deuteronomy* Box 10.2 Curses in the Vassal Treaties of Esar-haddon: Box 10.3 The Meanings of "Torah": The Deuteronomic School* Box 10.4 Redaction Criticism: Moses in the PentateuchA Look Back and Ahead11. JOSHUA AND THE CONQUEST OF THE LAND OF CANAAN JoshuaThe Deuteronomistic HistoryThe Book of Joshua* Box 11.1 Postcolonial Readings of Rahab: Box 11.

2 Shechem in Biblical Tradition: A Look Back and Ahead12. THE EMERGENCE OF ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF CANAAN JudgesThe Book of JudgesBox 12.1 The Judges of Israel in the Book of Judges: Box 12.2 The Moabites and the Ammonites: Box 12.3 The Song of Deborah: Box 12.4 The Philistines: History and the Israelite ConfederationA Look Back and AheadPART FOUR. KINGS AND PROPHETS13. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONARCHY 1 SamuelThe Books of Samuel1 SamuelBox 13.

1 Positive Assessments of Saul: * Box 13.2 David and Goliath l: * Box 13.1 Queer Criticism and David''s Love for Jonathan: A Look Back and Ahead14. THE REIGN OF DAVID 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-22 Samuel* Box 14.1 Jerusalem across Time: Box 14.2 David as Poet: HistoryA Look Back and Ahead15. THE REIGN OF SOLOMON 1 Kings 1-11 and Psalm 89The Books of Kings1 Kings 1-11* Box 15.1 Solomon across Time: HistoryThe Ideology of the Davidic Monarchy* Box 15.

2 The Royal Ideology across Time: A Look Back and Ahead16. THE DIVIDED KINGDOMS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH FROM THE LATE TENTH TO THE EARLY EIGHTH CENTURIES BCE 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14 with an Introduction to ProphecyHistoryBox 16.1 Chronology of the Late Tenth to Mid-eighth Centuries BCE: Institutions and SocietyProphets and Prophecy* Box 16.2 Prophets across Time: The Legends of Elijah and Elisha* Box 16.3 Elijah across Time: A Look Back and Ahead17. THE NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY BCE 2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and HoseaHistoryBox 17.1 Chronology of the Eighth Century BCE: Prophetic BooksAmosBox 17.2 The Day of the Lord: HoseaBox 17.

3 Prophetic Attacks on Rituals: Box 17.4 Marriage in Ancient Israel: A Look Back and Ahead18. THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF JUDAH IN THE EIGHTH AND EARLY SEVENTH CENTURIES BCE 2 Kings 15-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and MicahHistoryBox 18.1 Chronology of the Eighth and Seventh Centuries BCE: IsaiahThe Siege of Jerusalem in 734 BCEBox 18.2 The Identification of Immanuel: The Assyrian Invasion of Judah in 701 BCEBox 18.3 Sennacherib''s Attack on Jerusalem (701 BCE) according to the Assyrian Annals: Box 18.4 Hezekiah''s Tunnel: MicahA Look Back and Ahead19. JUDAH IN THE SEVENTH AND EARLY SIXTH CENTURIES BCE: THE END OF ASSYRIAN DOMINATION AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 2 Kings 21-25, 2 Chronicles 33-36, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and JeremiahHistoryBox 19.

1 Chronology of the Seventh and Early Sixth Centuries BCE: Box 19.2 Ashurbanipal''s Library: Box 19.3 Megiddo and Armageddon: The Book of ZephaniahThe Book of NahumThe Book of HabakkukJeremiah* Box 19.4 Jeremiah and the Lost Ark across Time: Box 19.5 Jeremiah and the History of Bookmaking: A Look Back and AheadPART FIVE. EXILE AND RETURN20. AFTER THE FALL: JUDEANS IN JUDAH AND BABYLON Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and EzekielHistoryThe Book of LamentationsBox 20.1 Acrostic Poems: The Judeans in BabyloniaPsalm 137The Book of ObadiahEzekielBox 20.

2 Yahweh as Violent Husband: A Look Back and Ahead21. RETURN FROM EXILE Ezra 1-2 and Isaiah 34-35 and 40-55HistoryBox 21.1 Chronology of the Sixth Century BCE: The Priestly Source of the PentateuchThe Exilic Edition of the Deuteronomistic HistoryIsaiah 40-55* Box 21.2 Canonical Criticism and the Book of Isaiah: Box 21.3 The Development of Monotheism: Box 21.4 Female Images of God: A Look Back and AheadPART SIX. RECONSTRUCTION, CONSOLIDATION, AND CHALLENGE22. THE RESTORATION: JUDAH IN THE LATE SIXTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES BCE Ezra 3-10, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Isaiah 24-27 and 56-66, Joel, and MalachiHistoryBox 22.

1 Chronology of the Mid-sixth to the Fourth Centuries BCE: Ezra 3-6Box 22.2 Aramaic: The Book of HaggaiZechariah 1-8Isaiah 56-66The Books of Ezra and NehemiahBox 22.3 The Elephantine Papyri: Apocalyptic LiteratureThe "Isaiah Apocalypse" (Isa 24-27)Zechariah 9-14The Book of JoelThe Book of MalachiA Look Back and Ahead23. RETELLING THE STORY 1-2 Chronicles, Psalms, and ProverbsThe Books of Chronicles* Box 23.1 Samaria and the Samaritans across Time: The Book of PsalmsBox 23.2 Parallelism: Music in Ancient IsraelA Look Back and Ahead24. THE WISDOM OF THE SAGES: PRESERVATION AND CHALLENGE Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon with an Introduction to Wisdom LiteratureWisdom LiteratureThe Book of ProverbsThe Book of JobBox 24.1 The Satan: Box 24.

2 "I Know that my Redeemer Liveth": Box 24.3 Behemoth and Leviathan: Box 24.4 Job''s Wife and Daughters: The Book of EcclesiastesThe Development of Beliefs in Life after Death in Ancient IsraelThe Song of SolomonA Look Back and Ahead25. HEROES IN FOREIGN LANDS: POSTEXILIC LITERATURE AND DIASPORIC IDENTITY Ruth, Jonah, Esther, and DanielThe Book of RuthThe Book of JonahThe Book of EstherBox 25.1 The Festival of Purim: The Book of DanielBox 25.2 Angels and Demons: Box 25.3 "Son of Man": Box 25.4 Outline of the Visions of Successive Kingdoms in the Book of Daniel: APPENDIX: THE APOCRYPHAL/DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKSRevisions of and Additions to Biblical BooksHistoriographic LiteratureHistorical FictionWisdom LiteratureOther CompositionsChronology: General Bibliography: Glossary: Weights and Measures: Index:.