The Bible: its origin, growth, and meaning.--Primitive democracy in ancient Israel.--The structure of Biblical poetry.--The heptad as an element of Biblical and rabbinic style.--Quotations in Biblical, oriental, and rabbinic literature.--The social background of wisdom literature.--The knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea scrolls.--The composition and structure of Amos.--Hosea's marriage and message.--Isaiah: prophet, thinker, world statesman.--Micah's vision of the end-time.--All men's book: the book of Job.--The temptation of Job.--The wisdom of Koheleth.--The Song of songs.