TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,Bernhard W. TI - Understanding the Old Testament SN - 0139359257 U1 - 221.95 PY - 1986///] CY - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey PB - Prentice Hall KW - Bible. Old Testament KW - History of Biblical events N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 652-676) and index; The beginning of Israel; Liberation from bondage; Covenant in the wilderness; The promised land; The formation of an all-Israelite epic; The struggle between faith and culture; The throne of David; Prophetic troublers of Israel; Fallen is the virgin Israel; Judah's covenant with death; The rediscovery of Mosaic Torah; The doom of the nation; By the waters of Babylon; The dawn of a New Age; A kingdom of priests; The praises of Israel; The beginning of wisdom; The unfulfilled drama ER -