Old Testament Theology : : Flowering and Future / / ed. by Ben C. Ollenburger.

In this extensively revised and updated edition of The Flowering of Old Testament Theology, Professor Ollenburger provides help for beginning theological students, who are frequently overwhelmed by the proliferation of volumes dealing with Old Testament theology, to say nothing of the variety of app...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Sources for Biblical and Theological Study
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Physical Description:1 online resource (560 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Series Preface
  • Editor's Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • Part 1. The Background
  • Old Testament Theology before 1933
  • The History of Israelite-Jewish Religion and Old Testament Theology
  • Does Old Testament Theology Still Have Independent Significance within Old Testament Scholarship?
  • Part 2. Old Testament Theology's Renaissance: Walther Eichrodt through Gerhard von Rad
  • Introduction
  • Covenant
  • The Nature of the Knowledge of God
  • God the Warrior
  • Eighth-Century Prophecy
  • Part 3. Expansion and Variety: Between Gerhard von Rad and Brevard Childs
  • Introduction
  • Life before God
  • Cult
  • Law and Promise
  • Promise
  • Presence in Absence
  • God's Judgment and God's Mercy
  • Land and Lifestyle
  • Part 4. From Brevard Childs to a New Pluralism
  • Introduction
  • Canon
  • Cosmos and History
  • Exodus and Election
  • Israel's Testimony
  • Ruth in the Canon
  • Royal Covenant
  • One God, Changing Theologies
  • Part 5. Contexts, Perspectives, and Proposals
  • Introduction
  • Tradition History
  • Overture for a Feminist Biblical Theology
  • Creation and Covenant
  • Canon and Composition
  • Contextual Theology and Resistance
  • "Real" Theology and Biblical Theology
  • The Bible, Theology, and Faith
  • The Future of Old Testament Theology
  • Appendix
  • An Oration on the Proper Distinction between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the Specific Objectives of Each
  • Sources
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Scripture