The phrase the typical introduction begs the question, how do we type introductions. The typology would have to include the spectrum from research introduction such as Eissfeldt, Fohrer and Zenger Einleitung in das Alte Testament to the more popular introduction such as Anderson. The research introduction is thorough with extensive bibliography and often outlines the contours of the debate in the field. However, they are almost always seen as impenetrable for the typical undergraduate or even seminarian. Collins volume The Hebrew Bible tries to moderate the reference introduction and the accessible introduction. Gottwald’s A Light to the Nations (1959) before his methodological conversion embodied first in his book the Tribes of Yahweh and the subsequent introduction The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction (1985)