THE OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE
Foundations for Christian Interpretation
TREMPER LONGMAN III
Published by Baker Academic
a division of Baker Publishing Group
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Title: The Old Testament as literature : foundations for Christian interpretation / Tremper Longman, III.
Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2024] | Series: Approaching the Old Testament | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023038259 | ISBN 9781540961310 (cloth) | ISBN 9781493444373 (ebook) | ISBN 9781493444380 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible as literature. | Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Bible. Old Testament—Language, style.
Classification: LCC BS535 .L585 2024 | DDC 220.6/6—dc23/eng/20231017
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023038259
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APPROACHING THE OLD TESTAMENT
Theodore James Longman (February 18, 2022)
Adelyn Jane Longman (June 14, 2022)
Introduction: Scope and Procedure
PART ONE: LITERARY THEORY AND THE CONVENTIONS OF BIBLICAL NARRATIVE AND POETRY
2. History of the Study of the Old Testament as Literature
3. Genre Triggers Reading Strategy
PART TWO: THE ANALYSIS OF ILLUSTRATIVE PROSE-NARRATIVE TEXTS
7. Literary Readings of Prose Narratives from the Torah
8. Literary Readings of Prose Narratives from the Historical Books
PART THREE: THE ANALYSIS OF ILLUSTRATIVE POETIC TEXTS
9. Literary Readings of Poetic Texts from the Psalms
10. Literary Readings of Poetic Texts from Wisdom Literature
11. Literary Readings of Poetic Texts from the Prophets and Epic Poetry
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About The Old Testament as Literature: Foundations for Christian InterpretationIn the first of a three-volume project covering the foundations of Old Testament interpretation, a leading scholar explores the language and literature of the Old Testament as keys to understanding the biblical text. Tremper Longman has studied and taught the Old Testament and its interpretation for four decades. Now, in a planned three-book project, he presents his mature thoughts on the essentials of Old Testament interpretation. This first volume explores the importance of reading the Old Testament as literature. We need to recognize that each culture tells its stories and writes its poems in different ways. To read and understand the Old Testament texts the way the ancient authors intended, we need to be aware of the conventions of Hebrew storytelling and poetry. In part one, dealing with literary theory, Longman investigates how texts create meaning, the history of the study of the Old Testament as literature, and how genre dictates reading strategy. He explores the Hebrew conventions of both narrative and poetry in conversation with contemporary literary analysis. Part two delves into practice, using the tools gained in part one to look at and interpret a variety of Old Testament narratives and poetry. Longman’s accessible writing and balanced judgments make this book suitable for the classroom and the church. |
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