A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

by John J. Collins

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2007

Overview

John J. Collins’s Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is a leading textbook in Old Testament studies. With this new, well-tailored abridgement of that larger work, Collins’s erudition is now available to general readers and professors and students who prefer a shorter, more concise introduction to the Hebrew scriptures. Also includes new maps, images, and study questions that are especially designed for the college student.

Product Details

• Title: A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• Author: John J. Collins
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. › Introductions
• ISBNs: 9780800662073, 0800662075
• Resource ID: LLS:SHINTROHEBBBL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:52:29Z

About John J. Collins

John J. Collins was a professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago from 1991 until his arrival at Yale Divinity School in 2000. He has published widely on the subjects of apocalypticism, wisdom, Hellenistic Judaism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. His books include the commentary on Daniel in theHermeneia series, The Apocalyptic Imagination, and Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora. He has served as editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature and as president of both the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of Biblical Literature.