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