Reading the Old Testament

• Encyclopedia Britannica online cites Reading the Old Testament as the "Web's Best Site" for Old Testament study.
• The study guide self-tests are now available in a new web-based version called Test-Taker that incorporates a number of improvements, especially to the identify type questions, which now allow multiple correct answers.
• Reading the Old Testament with CD-ROM is available directly from the publisher Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, as well as from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local bookseller. Note that certain online booksellers currently list the book erroneously as paperback; it exists only in hardcover. However, when the third edition of RTOT with CD-ROM comes out, it will be in paperback to reduce the price.
• The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible will no longer be accessible from the menu. Only a limited number of links will be allowed to stay within our permissions agreement.

Getting Started

Preface
Introduction
The Biblical Story

PART 1 TORAH
Prologue to the Torah

Chapter 1. Genesis 1-11: Primeval Story
Chapter 2. Genesis 12-50: Ancestral Story
Chapter 3. Exodus: Deliverance and Covenant
Chapter 4. Leviticus and Numbers: In the Wilderness
Chapter 5. Deuteronomy: The Torah of Moses

PART 2 PROPHETS
Prologue to the Prophets
Chapter 6. Joshua: Conquest of Canaan
Chapter 7. Judges: Securing the Land
Chapter 8. Samuel: Rise of the Monarchy
Chapter 9. Kings: History of the Kingdoms
Chapter 10. Isaiah
Chapter 11. Jeremiah
Chapter 12. Ezekiel
Chapter 13. Book of the Twelve

PART 3 WRITINGS
Prologue to the Writings
Chapter 14. Psalms
Chapter 15. Proverbs and Job
Chapter 16. Five Scrolls
Chapter 17. Daniel
Chapter 18. Chronicler's History

Conclusion: After the Hebrew Bible

Glossary
Credits

MASTER LISTS

OTHER RESOURCES