Understanding the Old Testament Suggested Readings

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Understanding the Old Testament
Understanding the Old Testament 4.12 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel
Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Exploring the Genesis Creation & Fall Stories (Exploring Scripture Series)
Exploring the Genesis Creation & Fall Stories (Exploring Scripture Series) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1
The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1
The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1 4.16 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Introduction to the Pentateuch
Introduction to the Pentateuch 3.29 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Creation, Uncreation, Recreation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1–11
Creation, Uncreation, Recreation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1–11 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist
The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context
Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context 3.94 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: Selected Writings of David Noel Freedman : History and Religion
Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: Selected Writings of David Noel Freedman : History and Religion 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest For The Historical Abraham
The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest For The Historical Abraham 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 3: H-J
The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 3: H-J 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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"Too Much to Grasp": Exodus 3:13-15 and the Reality of God
"Too Much to Grasp": Exodus 3:13-15 and the Reality of God 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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"You Shall Not Kill" or "You Shall Not Murder"?": The Assault on a Biblical Text
"You Shall Not Kill" or "You Shall Not Murder"?": The Assault on a Biblical Text 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man 4.37 avg rating — 7,306 ratings
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Called to Freedom
Called to Freedom 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Contending for Justice: Ideologies and Theologies of Social Justice in the Old Testament (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 642)
Contending for Justice: Ideologies and Theologies of Social Justice in the Old Testament (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 642) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Law from the Tigris to the Tiber: The Writings of Raymond Westbrook: 2 vol set
Law from the Tigris to the Tiber: The Writings of Raymond Westbrook: 2 vol set 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Unfolding Deuteronomistic History
Unfolding Deuteronomistic History 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Rise of Ancient Israel
The Rise of Ancient Israel 4.25 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Chieftains Of The Highland Clans: A History Of Israel In The Twelfth And Eleventh Centuries B.C.
Chieftains Of The Highland Clans: A History Of Israel In The Twelfth And Eleventh Centuries B.C. 2.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Book of Judges (New International Commentary on the Old Testament
The Book of Judges (New International Commentary on the Old Testament 4.37 avg rating — 60 ratings
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David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King
David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King 3.88 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Characters of Elijah and Elisha and the Deuteronomic Evaluation of Prophecy: Miracles and Manipulation (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 671)
The Characters of Elijah and Elisha and the Deuteronomic Evaluation of Prophecy: Miracles and Manipulation (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 671) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Prophets
The Prophets 4.40 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
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Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible
Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible 3.88 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther
Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Amos
Amos 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Sedeq and Sedaqah in the Hebrew Bible
Sedeq and Sedaqah in the Hebrew Bible
by: Ahuva Ho
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Conversations with Scripture: 2 Isaiah
Conversations with Scripture: 2 Isaiah 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Messianism within the Scriptural Scroll of Isaiah
Messianism within the Scriptural Scroll of Isaiah liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25
To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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To Build, to Plant: A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52
To Build, to Plant: A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Jewish Gospels
The Jewish Gospels 4.10 avg rating — 728 ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism: Volume 1: The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity
The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism: Volume 1: The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Psalms as Israel's Prayer and Our Own
The Psalms as Israel's Prayer and Our Own 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Analyzing the Psalms, 2nd Edition
Analyzing the Psalms, 2nd Edition it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Spirituality of the Psalms
Spirituality of the Psalms 4.13 avg rating — 372 ratings
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Tree of Life, 3rd ed.: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature
Tree of Life, 3rd ed.: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature 3.63 avg rating — 100 ratings
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The Proverb- and An Index to «The Proverb»: With an Introduction and Bibliography by Wolfgang Mieder
The Proverb- and An Index to «The Proverb»: With an Introduction and Bibliography by Wolfgang Mieder liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Job: A Case Study
Job: A Case Study liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Meaning of the Book of Job and Other Biblical Studies: Essays on the Literature and Religion of the Hebrew Bible
The Meaning of the Book of Job and Other Biblical Studies: Essays on the Literature and Religion of the Hebrew Bible really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Qoheleth [Ecclesiastes] (Continental Commentary Series)
Qoheleth [Ecclesiastes] (Continental Commentary Series) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Playing with Dragons: Living with Suffering and God
Playing with Dragons: Living with Suffering and God 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict
God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict 4.23 avg rating — 448 ratings
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The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives
The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings