T & T Clark handbook of the Old Testament : an introduction to the literature, religion and history of the Old Testament created by Jan Christian Gertz, Angelika Berlejung, Konard Schmid and Markus Witte.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I: Sources and methods: 1 Sources
2 Methods
Part II: History and religion of Ancient Israel: 3 History and religion of "Israel": basic information
4 General and religious history of "Israel": a historical survey
Part III: The literature of the Old Testament: Torah and Former Prophets: 5 The overall context of Genesis-2 Kings
6 The legal texts of the Pentateuch
7 The partial compositions
Part IV: The literature of the Old Testament: The Latter Prophets (Nevi'im): 8 The canonical prophets: Isaiah to Malachi
9 The Book of Isaiah: A First Isaiah (I Isa.: Isa. 1-39)
B Second Isaiah (II Isa.: Isa. 40-66)
10 The Book of Jeremiah
11 The Book of Ezekiel
12 The Book of the Twelve: A The Book of Hosea
B The Book of Joel
C The Book of Amos
D The Book of Obadiah
E The Book of Jonah
F The Book of Micah
G The Book of Nahum
H The Book of Habakkuk
I The Book of Zephaniah
J The Book of Haggai
K The Book of Zechariah
L The Book of Malachi
Part V: The literature of the Old Testament: Writings (Ketuvim): 13 The Psalter
14 The Book of Job
15 The Book of Proverbs (the Sayings of Solomon/Proverbs)
16 The Book of Ruth
17 The Song of Songs (Canticles) 18 Ecclesiastes (Solomon, the Preacher)
19 The Book of Lamentations
20 The Book of Esther: A The Book of Esther (MT)
B The "additions" to the Book of Esther
21 The Book of Daniel: A The Book of Daniel (MT)
B The "additions" to the Book of Daniel: B.1 The Prayers of Azariah and of the Three Men in the Oven
B.2 The Suzannah story
B.3 The stories of Bel and the Dragon
22 The Book of Ezra-Nehemiah
23 The Book of Chronicles
Part VI: The Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament: 24 The Book of Judith
25 Wisdom of Solomon (Sapientia Salomonis)
26 The Book of Tobit (Tobias)
27 Jesus Sirach (Ben Sira)
28 1 Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah
29 The Books of Maccabees: A First Maccabees
B Second Maccabees
30 The Prayer of Manasseh (Oration Manassae)
Part VII: Basic outline of a theology of the Old Testament: 31 Concepts in the history of scholarship
32 Unity and diversity in the theological statements of the Old Testament
34 The Old Testament as part of the Christian Bible
Appendix

Beginning with methods and sources, this Handbook looks at the Biblical text, archaeology, other texts, and iconography. It explores varying exegetical methods, including historical criticism, canonical approach, feminist, social scientific and liberation theology. Methods in archaeology, Hebrew epigraphic and iconography are also covered. The second section is devoted to the history and religious history of Ancient Israel. Introductory matters, such as fundamental terminology and definitions, ethnic identity, ancestors and the dead, geography and time reckoning are explicated before the book moves on to a historical survey from the Iron Age (c. 1200 BCE) to the early Roman period (ending about 63 CE). The heart of the book is a detailed survey of the Hebrew canonical books, section by section and book by book. The discussion for each book includes: biblical presentation and content; problems arising from the history of literary analysis and research; the origin and growth of the writing; the theology; and notes on reception history. This book will provide students with everything they need to study the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament."