A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context

by Michael D. Coogan

Book Overview

Engaging and accessible to students from all backgrounds, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context, Second Edition, is an updated, concise, and more pedagogical version of Michael D. Coogan's best-selling The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, Second Edition (OUP, 2010). Coogan works primarily from a historical and critical methodology but also introduces students...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199830118
• ISBN13: 9780199830114
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Coogan lost his faith to his own intelligence.

If you are interested in how far someone can fall into disbelief through academia, this book shows that there is nothing safe from modernism. It twists from feminist to historical to progressive to crazy. Look elsewhere for a realistic look on the Old Testament.