Walton, John H.; Chavalas, Mark W.; Matthews, Victor H.

The IVP Bible Background Commentary : Old Testament

Preface 7(3) Other Resources 10(11) Pentateuch: Introduction 21(188) Genesis 28(49) Ancient Near Eastern Mythology and the Old Testament Ancient Near Eastern Flood Accounts The Religion of Abraham Major Trade Routes in the Ancient Near East Exodus 77(42) The Date of the Exodus Leviticus 119(24) Numbers 143(27) Deuteronomy 170(39) The Covenant and Ancient Near Eastern Treaties Historical Literature: Introduction 209(282) Joshua 213(28) Egyptian Information About Canaan and Israel Judges 241(36) The Political Climate in the Early Iron Age Ruth 277(4) 1 Samuel 281(41) 2 Samuel 322(33) 1 Kings 355(30) 2 Kings 385(28) The Western Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III, 734-732 1 Chronicles 413(7) Significance of Genealogies to Postexilic Audience 2 Chronicles 420(39) Sennacherib's Inscriptions Lachish Ezra 459(13) Nehemiah 472(11) Esther 483(8) Herodotus Wisdom and Poetic Literature: Introduction 491(90) Job 495(16) Retribution Principle Psalms 511(49) Common Concepts Common Metaphors for God Musical Terms Proverbs 560(10) Proverbs Echoed in Ancient Near East How Proverbs Were Used Proverbs as Generalized Truth Ecclesiastes 570(6) Song of Songs 576(5) Sexual Metaphor Prophetic Literature: Introduction 581(231) Isaiah 584(58) Afterlife Beliefs in Israel and the Ancient Near East Jeremiah 642(44) Seals and Bullae Lamentations 686(3) Laments over Fallen Cities in the Ancient World Ezekiel 689(40) Daniel 729(22) Akkadian Apocalypses Hosea 751(9) Joel 760(4) Day of Yahweh Amos 764(11) Economic Changes and Social Classes in Eighth-Century Israel Obadiah 775(2) Jonah 777(3) Micah 780(7) Nahum 787(4) Habakkuk 791(3) Zephaniah 794(2) Haggai 796(2) Zechariah 798(12) Apocalyptic Literature Summary of the Temple-Building Connections to Zechariah's Visions Malachi 810(2) Glossary 812(5) Charts and Maps 817(13) Topical Index 830