Research Catalog

Title

Invitation to the Old Testament [by] Jacob M.Myers.

Author

Myers, Jacob M. (Jacob Martin), 1904-1991

Publication

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1966.

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Holdings

Details

Description

x, 252 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

Bible. > Study

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [231]-238.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Why the Old Testament? -- In the beginning God (Genesis 1-11) -- Abraham our father (Genesis 12-50) -- Out of Egypt I called my son (Exodus 1-19) -- I am the Lord thy God (Exodus 20) -- Sacrifices and offerings (Leviticus 1-16) -- The way of the wilderness (Numbers) -- A land flowing with milk and honey (Joshua) -- Struggle for a homeland (Judges) -- We want a king! (I Samuel) -- The son of Jesse (I Samuel 16-II Samuel 24) -- Courting disaster (I Kings 1-11) --The end of the beginning (I Kings 12:1-24, 14:21-31) -- A champion for the Lord (I Kings 17-21, II Kings 1) -- A Niagara of righteousness (Amos) -- Covenant love (Hosea) -- A holy God (Isaiah 1-39) -- O Bethlehem Ephrathah (Micah) -- A new covenant (Jeremiah) -- A new community (Ezekiel 40-48) -- Prophets and prophets (Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk) -- Speaking to the heart of Jerusalem (Isaiah 40-66) -- Prophets of a new Israel (Haggai and Zechariah) -- Gifts of wisdom (Proverbs) -- The man from Uz (Job) -- The notebook of a skeptic (Ecclesiastes) -- The hymnbook of Israel (Psalms) -- The way of love (Canticles) -- A new beginning (Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah) -- Denouement (Daniel).

LCCN

^^^66012216^

OCLC

• 360979
• SCSB-10188135

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library