The Hebrew Bible. David M. Carr
the Southern Prophetic Encounter with Assyria The Historical Context for Micah and Isaiah Micah, a Southern Prophet, Predicting Judgment for Judah and Jerusalem Isaiah’s Vision of Hope for Jerusalem/Zion Embedded in the Book of Isaiah FOCUS TEXT: Contrasting Prophetic Visions of Zion’s Future CHAPTER SIX REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
19 7 Torah and History in the Wake of the Assyrian Empire The Seventh Century: Josiah’s Reform and the Origins of Deuteronomy The Deuteronomic Torah of Moses and the Phenomenon of Hybridity Historical Texts Infused with the Theology and Values of Deuteronomy Deuteronomistic editing and use of earlier sources in the former prophets Hybridity and the Traumatic Shaping of History FOCUS TEXT: Deuteronomy 6:4–9 CHAPTER SEVEN REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
20 8 Prophecy in the Transition from Assyrian to Babylonian Domination Nahum Zephaniah Jeremiah The growth of the book of Jeremiah FOCUS TEXT: Jer 31:31–34 Conclusion to the Pre‐Exilic Period CHAPTER EIGHT REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
21 9 Laments, History, and Prophecies after the Destruction of Jerusalem The Sixth Century: The Neo‐Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem and Exile The Exilic Editions of Biblical Books Ezekiel Second Isaiah (also called Deutero‐Isaiah) FOCUS TEXT: Isa 52:13–53:12 CHAPTER NINE REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
22 10 Torah and Trauma The Basic Starting Point: A Century‐Old Consensus on Three of the Pentateuch’s Prior Sources Torah and Trauma in Non‐Priestly Narratives about Israel’s Earliest History Promise to traumatized Judeans in the non‐P texts of Genesis Exilic (L) shaping of the non‐P exodus‐Moses story Conclusion on the forging of non‐P Pentateuchal materials by L supplements The Priestly Source (P) History and Fiction FOCUS TEXT: Gen 12:1–3 Conclusions on the Torah (Pentateuch) and Trauma CHAPTER TEN REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
23 11 The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian‐Sponsored Rebuilding of Judah History: Persian‐Sponsored Building of a Temple and Torah‐Centered Judaism The Formation of the Torah The Book of Psalms as a Torah‐Centered Collection of More Ancient Psalms FOCUS TEXT: The Introduction to Psalms in Psalms 1–2 CHAPTER ELEVEN REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
24 12 Other Texts Formed in the Crucible of Post‐Exilic Rebuilding Texts Closely Associated with the Rebuilding of the Judean Community Texts Emphasizing God’s Favor Toward Foreigners FOCUS TEXT: Isa 56:1–8 Scriptures in the Post‐Exile CHAPTER TWELVE REVIEW RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
25 13 Hellenistic Empires and the Formation of Multiple Scriptures Judaism and Hellenism before the Hellenizing Crisis The Crisis over Hellenizing Jerusalem and the Book of Daniel A Hellenistic‐Period Kingdom of Israel: The Hasmonean Revolt and Monarchy The Hellenistic/Hasmonean Period as the Setting for Hebrew Bible Texts FOCUS TEXT: Daniel 10–12 The Formation of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament(s) Conclusion