A Critical Introduction to the Old Testament

additions allusion Amos Aramaic Assyria authorship Babylon Babylonian Ben Sirach book of Esther book of Isaiah book of Jeremiah book of Job book of Joshua book of Judges century B.C. certainly CHAPTER Chron Chronicles cited collections conclusion contains Daniel David death Deut Deuteronomy earlier Ecclesiastes eighth century Elohistic Esdras Esther Exile Ezekiel Ezra and Nehemiah fact Greek version Hebrew text Hosea imply infer Israel Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish Jews Joshua Judges later laws Levites literary literature Micah monarchy Mordecai Moses narrative Old Testament origin passages Pentateuch period Persian poems post-exilic pre-exilic probably prophecies prophetic proverbs Psalms Psalter question records reference reign Samuel Saul Sirach Solomon Song sources speeches story style theory unto viii words writer written xviii xxii xxiv xxxi xxxiii Yahweh Zechariah