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  • From: stig.norin AT teol.uu.se (Stig Norin)
  • To: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Goals for an OT Intro course:
  • Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:21:29 +0200


Here we have used. Hershek Shanks (ed) Ancient Israel in combination with
Steven McKenzie, Patrick Graham (eds) The Hebrew Bible Today.

Stig Norin
Uppsala



At 12.55 2-08-23, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:
>Dear All,
>I appreciate all these suggestions.
>How do I go about examining all these books?
>Liz Fried (a rank beginner)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Washburn [mailto:dwashbur AT nyx.net]
>> Sent: Fri, August 23, 2002 12:20 PM
>> To: Biblical Hebrew
>> Subject: Re: Goals for an OT Intro course:
>>
>>
>> Liz,
>> Three books come immediately to my mind: Sam Schultz' "The Old
>> Testament Speaks" is an "oldie but a goodie" from a fairly
>> conservative viewpoint; John Bright's "History of Israel" is more
>> critical and newer editions have kept fairly current with recent
>> discoveries, but it's a little ponderous to sit down and read; LaSor,
>> Hubbard and Bush, "Old Testament Survey" is a good overview of
>> both critical views and basic survey of the contents, and would
>> probably be my first choice for a course of the type you're
>> describing.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > > That's why I'd
>> > > personally try to zero in on one or two major objectives, and
>> > > that might make
>> > > it easier to pick a textbook.
>> > > Trevor Peterson
>> > > CUA/Semitics
>> >
>> > My objectives are twofold:
>> > 1) I want them to learn how to read what is
>> > written, and not what they THINK is written,
>> > i.e., to read critically.
>> > and
>> > 2) to see the Hebrew Bible as a product of the
>> > ancient Near East.
>> >
>> > I'm planning on reading the Bible and supplementing
>> > it with Matthew and Benjamin's _Old Testament Parallels_.
>> > But it might be good for them to have a textbook as well.
>> > I was thinking of Miller and Hayes, but it's old now, the one
>> > I have, anyway.
>> > Liz
>> >
>> Dave Washburn
>> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
>> "Don't let your mind wander.
>> It's too little to be left alone."
>>
>>
>>
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