1.0  The Book and Those Who Study It
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1.1 The Old Testament: What Is It?
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1.1.1 Definition
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1.1.2 The Vehicles that carry the Story
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1.1.2.1 Narrative
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1.1.2.2 Legal Materials
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1.1.2.3 Poetry
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1.1.2.4 Wisdom Literature
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1.1.3 The Crucial Event

1.2 How It Began
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1.2.1 First the Event
1.2.2 Then the Story--the First Interpretation
1.2.3 Then the Reinterpretation
1.2.4 And Then the History--the Continuing Interpretation
1.3 How It Developed
1.3.1 The Process
1.3.2 The Written Story
1.3.2.1 The final Product: The Canon
1.3.2.2 The Hebrew Canon
1.3.2.3 The Septuagint
1.4 Work of Scholars
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1.4.1 Textual Criticism
1.4.2 Literary and Historical Studies
1.4.2.1 Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch
1.4.3 The Documentary Hypothesis
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1.4.4 Modifications of Wellhausen's Views
1.4.4.1 Form Criticism
1.4.4.2 Oral Tradition
1.4.5 Redaction Criticism
1.4.6 Present Trends in Old Testament Studies
1.4.6.1 The Bible as literature
1.4.6.2 Canonical Criticism
1.4.6.3 The Sociohistorical Approach
1.4.6.4 Developers of the Finished Product
1.5 Archaeology as a Tool for Understanding Click icon for access.----
1.5.1 Basic Matters
1.5.1.1 The Purpose of Archaeology
1.5.1.2 The Practice of Archaeology
1.5.1.3 The Skills and Tools of Archaeology
1.5.1.4 Dating What is Found
1.5.2 Important Discoveries
1.5.2.1 The Rosetta Stone Click icon for access.
1.5.2.2 The Gilgamesh Epic Click icon for access.
1.5.2.3 The Beni Hasan Mural
1.5.2.4 The Gezer High Place
1.5.2.5 An Ivory Knife Handle from Megiddo Click icon for access.
1.5.2.6 The Dead Sea Scrolls Click on icon for access.
1.5.3 The Purpose and Value of Archaeology Click on icon for access.
1.5.4 Why Study the Old Testament?

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