Werner H. Schmidt 
Old Testament Introduction [PDF ebook] 

Frontmatter — CONTENTS — PREFACE — Part I. Survey of the Old Testament and Its History — §1 The Parts of the Old Testament — §2 The Stages of Israel’s History — §3 Aspects of Social History — Part II. Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books — §4 The Pentateuch — §5 Selected Types of Narrative — §6 The Yahwist History — §7 The Elohist History — §8 The Priestly Document — §9 Old Testament Law — §10 Deuteronomy — §11 The Deuteronomistic History — §12 The Chronicler’s History — Part III. The Prophets — §13 The Form of Prophecy — §14 Amos — §15 Hosea — §16 Isaiah — §17 Micah — §18 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Obadiah — §19 Jeremiah — §20 Ezekiel — §21 Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah — §22 Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi — §23 Joel and Jonah — §24 Daniel — Part IV. Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry — §25 The Psalter — §26 Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther — §27 Proverbs — §28 Qoheleth: Solomon the Preacher — §29 The Book of Job — §30 For and Against the Old Testament — Abbreviations — Bibliography — Index — Backmatter