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Introducing the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this up-to-date, student-friendly text, Robert Hubbard and J. Andrew Dearman bring decades of scholarly study and classroom experience to bear as they introduce readers to the context, composition, and message of the Old Testament. Each chapter orients readers to the Old Testament book or books under consideration, outlining historical and cultural background, literary features, main...

him, Jeroboam (i.e., he’ll not found a Northern dynasty), and will exile idolatrous Israel to a far-off eastern land. This sends the first prophetic signal in 1-2 Kings that the fledgling Northern Kingdom’s ultimate destiny is bleak (for evaluation of all the kings, see Table 15.5).
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