Selections from Old Testament Literature

xvii, 706 pp. Color map of Old Testament world precedes title page. Includes: Foreword; Early Narratives; Prophecy and History: Amos; Hosea; Isaiah; Micah; The Book of the Mosaic Law; The Religious Interpretation of History; Zephaniah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Deutero-Isaiah; Doom Songs of Babylon; The Persian Period; Priestly Narratives; Joel; The New Outlook; Enoch; Daniel and the Revolt of the Maccabees; Lyric Poetry: Occasional Poems; Psalms; The Song of Solomon; Dramatic Poetry: Job; Interpolations in the Book of Job; Didactic Poetry and Prose Essays: Proverbs; Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher; Ecclesiastes, or, the Wisdom of Ben Sira; The Wisdom of Solomon; Romantic Stories: Ruth; Tobit; Esther; Judith; Additions to the Book of Daniel; Notes; Chronological Tables; Bibliography; Index to the Selections.