Preface

Sources and Methods (Angelika Berlejung, Professor of Old Testament, University of Leipzig)

1 Sources
2 Methods

Secular and Religious History of Ancient Israel (Angelika Berlejung, Professor of Old Testament, University of Leipzig)

3 Secular and Religious History of "Israel" - Foundations
4 Secular and Religious History of "Israel" - Historical Outline

The Literature of the Old Testament

I. Torah and Earlier Prophets (Jan Christian Gertz, Professor of Old Testament, University of Heidelberg)

5 The Context of the books from Genesis to 2 Kings
6 The Law Texts in the Pentateuch
7 The Compositions

II. Latter Prophets (Nebiim) (Konrad Schmid, Professor of Old Testament, University of Zurich)

8 Scriptural Prophets from Isaiah to Malachi
9 Isaiah
10 Jeremiah
11 Ezekiel
12 The Twelve Prophets

III Scriptures (Ketubim) (Markus Witte, Professor of Old Testament, University of Frankfurt)

13 Psalms
14 Job
15 Proverbs
16 Ruth
17 Song of Songs
18 Kohelet
19 Lamentations
20 Esther
21 Daniel
22 Esdras-Nehemiah
23 Chronicles

Fundamental Questions of a Theology of the Old Testament (Jan Christian Gertz)

24 Perspectives on the History of Scholarship
25 Unity and Diversity of Theological Views in the Old Testament
26 Religious History and Theology of the Old Testament
27 The Old Testament as part of the Christian Bible

Chronological
Tables
Literature for the Study of the OT Glossary Index