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