Great courses (Compact disc)

Course no. 653; issued In two containers (19 cm.) as a two-part set of 24 half-hour lectures on 12 discs

A twenty-four lecture course that offers an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh

Unabridged

Lecturer, Amy-Jill Levine

Compact disc

pt. 1.

In the beginning -- Adam and Eve -- Murder, flood, dispersion -- Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar -- Isaac -- Jacob saga -- Folklore analysis and type scenes -- Moses and Exodus -- God of Israel -- Covenant and law, part I -- Covenant and law, part II -- The "Conquest."

pt. 2.

Book of Judges, Part I -- Book of Judges, Part II -- Samuel and Saul -- King David -- From King Solomon to preclassical prophecy -- Prophets and the Fall of the North -- Southern kingdom -- Babylonian exile -- Restoration and theocracy -- Wisdom literature -- Life in the Diaspora -- Apocalyptic literature