History and Literature of the Bible
© 2003
Table of Contents




1.
A Quick Overview of the Contents of the Bible
2.
How should we read the Bible?
3.
Literary History of the Bible (Canonization, Transmission, and Translations)
4.
Israel and the Geography and History of the Ancient Near East
5.
Israel's Growing Understanding of God (PDF)
6.
Authorship and Composition of the Torah
7.
Genesis
8.
Exodus--Deuteronomy: God's Covenant with Israel
9.
The Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings)
Outline of the Books of Kings
10.
The Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
11.
The Writings (Ruth, First and Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Daniel)
12.
Israel in the Hellenistic Age
13.
The Apocrypha/Deuterocanon
14.
First Century Judaism(s)
15.
The Gospels: Four Portraits of Jesus as the Christ (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
16.
Jesus of Nazareth
17.
Paul: Apostles to the Gentiles
18.
The Pauline and Deutero-pauline Letters
19.
Pauline and Deutero-pauline Views of Women's Roles
20.
The General Letters and Revelation









Micheal Palmer teaches a class on the History and Literature of the Bible at Meredith College. Click here to see online resources for that class.