Includes a section on each book in the Old Testament including the Apcroypha.

This is an Old Testament survey of unparalleled scholarship.

Each introduction to the books of the old testament covers essential historical, sociocultural, literary and theological issues.

Introduction to the Pentateuch Joseph Blenkinsopp

Book of Genesis - Terence E. Fretheim

The Book of Exodus - Walter Brueggemann

The Book of Leviticus - Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.

The Book of Numbers - Thomas B. Dozeman

The Book of Deuteronomy - Ronald E. Clements

Introduction to Narrative - Peter D. Miscall

The Book of Joshua - Robert B. Coote

The Book of Judges - Dennis T. Olsen

The Book of Ruth - Kathleen A. Robertson Farmer

The First and Second Books of Samuel - Bruce C. Birch

The First and Second Book of Kings - Choon Leong Seow

The First and Second Book of Chronicles - Leslie C. Allen

The Book of Ezra and Nehemiah - Ralph W. Klein

The Book of Esther - Sidnie White Crawford

Introduction to Hebrew Poetry - Adele Berlin

The Book of Job - Carol A. Newsom

The Book of Psalms - J. Clinton McCann, Jr.

Introduction to Wisdom Literature - Richard J. Clifford, S.J.

The Book of Proverbs - Raymond C. Van Leeuwen

The Book of Ecclesiastes - W. Sibley Towner

Song of Songs - Renita J. Weems

Introduction to the Prophetic Literature - David L. Petersen

The Book of Isaiah 1-39 - Gene M. Tucker

The Book of Isaiah 40-66 - Christopher R. Seitz

The Book of Jeremiah - Patrick D. Miller

The Book of Lamentations - Kathleen M. O'Connor

The Book of Ezekiel - Katheryn Pfisterer Darr

Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature - Frederick J. Murphy

The Book of Daniel - Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

The Book of Hosea - Gale A. Yee

The Book of Joel - Elizabeth Achtemeier

The Book of Amos - Donald E. Gowan

The Book of Obadiah - Samuel Pagán

The Book of Jonah - Phyllis Trible

The Book of Micah - Daniel J. Simundson

The Book of Nahum - Francisco O. García-Treto

The Book of Habakkuk - Theodore Hiebert

The Book of Zephaniah - Robert A. Bennett

The Book of Haggai - W. Eugene March

The Book of Zechariah - Ben C. Ollenburger

The Book of Malachi - Eileen M. Schuller, O.S.U.

The Book of Tobit - Irene Nowell, O.S.B.

The Book of Judith - Lawrence M. Wills

The Additions to Esther - Sidnie White Crawford

The First Book of Maccabees - Robert Doran

The Second Book of Maccabees - Robert Doran

The Book of Baruch - Anthony J. Saldarini

The Letter of Jeremiah - Anthony J. Saldarini

The Book of Wisdom - Michael Kolarcik, S.J.

The Book of Sirach - James L. Crenshaw

The Additions to Daniel - Daniel L. Smith Christopher