Roland K. Harrison: Introduction to the Old Testament (Photos: Wycliffe Hall, University of Toronto)

Harrison, R.K. Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1969.

It is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Old-Testament-R-Harrison/dp/1565633997/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1376525920&sr=8-4&keywords=roland+k.+harrison+introduction+to+the+old+testament

We recommend getting the “hard cover” edition for the serious Old Testament student.

Now, (1) a few notes on Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Harrison drawn from our scholarly source, Wikipedia (tongue in cheek), (2) an "Outline of the Fifteen Parts" and, at the bottom, (3) some photos of Wycliffe Hall, University of Toronto (once known as an evangelical Anglican seminary and graduate school...of note, Mr. W.H. Griffith Thomas also taught here for a period, another first-rate Church of England man).

4 August 1920 A.D. A revered OT man and Anglican Churchman. Taken from Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._K._Harrison

"Roland Kenneth Harrison (4 August 1920 - May 2 1993) was an Old Testament scholar. He was a Professor of OT at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Notably, he worked with double-doctored men: Merill Unger, Eugene Merrill and Bruce Waltke.

 Harrison studied at the University of London (B.D., 1943; M.Th., 1947, Ph.D., 1952) and taught at Clifton College, Bristol from 1947 to 1949, before his appointment as Hellmuth Professor of Old Testament Studies at Huron College, University of Western Ontario. In 1960 he became Professor of Old Testament Studies at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, where he stayed until his retirement in 1986.

"Harrison is best known for his Introduction to the Old Testament (1969) but wrote many other books, including commentaries on Leviticus, Jeremiah and Lamentations. He was on the Executive Review Committee of the New King James Version and translated several of the Minor Prophets in the New International Version. Together with Merrill Unger, he edited The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary.

"In 1988, a Festschrift was published in his honour, Israel's apostasy and restoration: essays in honor of Roland K Harrison). Edited by Avraham Gileadi, it included contributions by Clarence Hassell Bullock, Eugene Merrill and Bruce Waltke.

"Harrison married Kathleen Beattie in 1945, and they had three children."

His Introduction to the Old Testament consists of 15 Parts with, as you can imagine, many pages: 1278, followed by indices, but no bibliography. The bibliography appears in the smaller units.

Part One: Development of Old Testament Study

1. Background through the Eighteenth Century
2. Graf-Welhausen
3. Reactions to Graf-Welhausen
4. Old Testament Scholarship Since World War 1

Part Two: Old Testament Archaeology

1. Historical Survey of Archaeology
2. Early Mesopotamian Archaeology
3. Archaeological Background of the Old Testament
4. Dead Sea Scrolls

Part Three: Ancient Near Eastern Chronology

1. Chronology: Adam to Abraham
2. Chronology: Israel’s History
3. Old Testament History: Monarchy and After

Part Four: Old Testament Text and Canon

1. History of Hebrew Writing
2. Old Testament Text
3. Textual Criticism
4. Old Testament Canon

Part Five: Old Testament History

1. Study of Old Testament History
2. Problems of Old Testament History

Part Six: Old Testament Religion

1. Evolutionary Hypothesis
2. Recent Studies in Hebrew Religion
3. Influence on the Religion of the Hebrews
4. History of Old Testament Religion

Part Seven: Old Testament Theology

1. History of Old Testament Theology
2. Principles of Interpretation
3. Authority of Scriptures
4. Problems of Old Testament Religion

Part Eight: Pentateuch

1. Study of the Pentateuch
2. Genesis
3. Exodus
4. Leviticus
5. Numbers
6. Deuteronomy

Part Nine: Former Prophets

1. Joshua
2. Judges
3. Books of Samuel
4. Books of Kings

Part Ten: Latter Prophets/Major Prophets

1. Prophets of the Old Testament
2. Isaiah
3. Jeremiah
4. Ezekiel

Part Eleven: Latter Prophets/Minor Prophets

1. Hosea
2. Joel
3. Amos
4. Obadiah
5. Jonah
6. Micah
7. Nahum
8. Habakkuk
9. Zephaniah
10. Haggai
11. Zechariah
12. Malachi

Part Twelve: Sacred Writings/Books of Truth

1. Hebrew Poetry
2. Psalms
3. Wisdom Literature
4. Proverbs
5. Job

Part Thirteen: Sacred Writings/Megilloth

1. Canticles
2. Ruth
3. Lamentations
4. Ecclesiastes
5. Esther

Part Fourteen: Sacred Writings/Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles

1. Daniel
2. Ezra-Nehemiah
3. Books of Chronicles

Part Fifteen: Apocrypha

1. Apocryphal Books
2. 1st Esdras
3. 2nd Esdras
4. Tobit
5. Judith
6. Additions to Eshter
7. Wisdom of Solomon
8. Book of Ecclesiasticus
9. Baruch
10. Letter to Jeremiah
11. Additions to Daniel
12. Prayer of Manasseh
13. Epilogue

Some photos of the revered Wycliffe Hall, University of Toronto.