{"product_id":"a-brief-introduction-to-the-old-testament-the-hebrew-bible-in-its-context-9780190903756","title":"A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context","description":"Engaging and accessible to students from all backgrounds, \u003cem\u003eA Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context, \u003c\/em\u003e Fourth Edition, is an updated, concise, and more accessible version of Michael D. Coogan and Cynthia R. Chapman's best-selling \u003cem\u003eThe Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, \u003c\/em\u003e Fourth Edition (OUP, 2017). The authors work primarily from a historical and critical methodology but also introduce students to literary analysis and other interpretive strategies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding a nondenominational and nondoctrinal treatment, this text offers a unique and captivating introduction to the Hebrew scriptures themselves and to how they have been--and can be--interpreted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA FREE 6-MONTH subscription to Oxford Biblical Studies Online (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com)--a $180 value--is included with the purchase of every new copy of this text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael D. Coogan\u003c\/strong\u003e has been Lecturer on the Old Testament\/Hebrew Bible at Harvard Divinity School and is Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. He has edited \u003cem\u003eThe New Oxford Annotated Bible\u003c\/em\u003e for twenty years and written and edited many other books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCynthia R. Chapman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Biblical Studies at Oberlin College. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe House of the Mother: The Social Roles of Maternal Kin in Biblical Hebrew Narrative and Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eThe Gendered Language of Warfare in the Israelite-Assyrian Context\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503102005522,"sku":"9780190903756","price":113.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_796a43e6-3e8b-45bf-bc4f-880065910972.jpg?v=1730782635","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brief-introduction-to-the-old-testament-the-hebrew-bible-in-its-context-9780190903756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}