The Old Testament, 5e: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures

by Cynthia Chapman and Michael Coogan

Lucidly written by leading biblical scholars Michael D. Coogan and Cynthia R. Chapman, this balanced, engaging, and up-to-date introduction to the Hebrew scriptures distills the best of current scholarship. Employing the narrative chronology of the Bible itself and the history of the ancient Near East as a framework, Coogan and Chapman cover all the books of the Hebrew Bible, along with the deuterocanonical books included in the Bible used by many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197768172
• ISBN13: 9780197768174
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 640 Pages