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Preface
Introduction: How to Use This Book
1 Creation: God Creates the Cosmos
2 Fall: Humanity Rebels Against the Creator
3 Abraham: The Father of the Faith
4 Isaac and Jacob: The Promise Continues
5 Joseph: The Promise Survives
6 Exodus: God Saves His People from Bondage
7 Wilderness Wandering: God Refines His People
8 Law: God Makes His Will Known
9 Priests, Holy Place and Sacrifice: Coming into the Presence of the Lord
10 Conquest: God Gives His People the Land
11 Judges: Spiritual Confusion, Moral Depravity, Political Fragmentation
12 Saul, David and Solomon: The Rise of Kingship
13 Psalms: Worshiping the Lord
14 Wisdom: Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Life
15 Divided Monarchy: The Road to Judgment
16 Prophets: God?s Covenant Lawyers and Apocalyptic Visionaries
17 Exile and Return: Divine Hostility and Restoration

Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also visiting professor of Old Testament at Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and adjunct of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lectures regularly at Regent College in Vancouver and the Canadian Theological Seminary in Calgary.Longman is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, including How to Read Genesis, How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Essentials and coeditor of A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. He and Dan Allender have coauthored Bold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, The Intimate Mystery and the Intimate Marriage Bible studies.