Childs, Brevard S <br/><br/>
Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture / 
Brevard S. Childs 
 - 1st American ed 
 - Philadelphia :  Fortress Press,  1979 
 - 688 p. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index 
<br/><br/> This Introduction attempts to offer a different model for the discipline from that currently represented. It seeks to describe the form and function of the Hebrew Bible in its role as sacred scripture for Israel. It argues the case that the biblical literature has not been correctly understood or interpreted because its role as religious literature has not been correctly assessed--Amazon 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0800605322 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>78014665 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions