The Old Testament World Second Edition

Written by two leading Old Testament scholars and widely used throughout the world Philip Davies and John Rogersons The Old Testament World describes the historical social and cultural setting in which the Old Testament was written and examines the major genres of literature that it contains. Ideally suited for college-level introductory classes it illuminates the literature of the Old Testament by showing how it was shaped by the events social structures and religious and intellectual ideas of the ancient civilizations and cultures in which it was produced.