Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Series Preface ix
4. Editor’s Foreword xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Part 1. The Background
7. Old Testament Theology before 1933 1
8. The History of Israelite-Jewish Religion and Old Testament Theology 12
9. Does Old Testament Theology Still Have Independent Significance within Old Testament Scholarship? 21
10. Part 2. Old Testament Theology’s Renaissance: Walther Eichrodt through Gerhard von Rad
11. Introduction 33
12. Covenant 39
13. The Nature of the Knowledge of God 57
14. God the Warrior 75
15. Eighth-Century Prophecy 92
16. Part 3. Expansion and Variety: Between Gerhard von Rad and Brevard Childs
17. Introduction 117
18. Life before God 120
19. Cult 140
20. Law and Promise 156
21. Promise 174
22. Presence in Absence 191
23. God’s Judgment and God’s Mercy 203
24. Land and Lifestyle 222
25. Part 4. From Brevard Childs to a New Pluralism
26. Introduction 245
27. Canon 249
28. Cosmos and History 268
29. Exodus and Election 286
30. Israel’s Testimony 304
31. Ruth in the Canon 323
32. Royal Covenant 339
33. One God, Changing Theologies 358
34. Part 5. Contexts, Perspectives, and Proposals
35. Introduction 377
36. Tradition History 381
37. Overture for a Feminist Biblical Theology 399
38. Creation and Covenant 409
39. Canon and Composition 424
40. Contextual Theology and Resistance 436
41. “Real” Theology and Biblical Theology 448
42. The Bible, Theology, and Faith 463
43. The Future of Old Testament Theology 481
44. Appendix
45. An Oration on the Proper Distinction between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the Specific Objectives of Each 497
46. Sources 507
47. Index of Authors 527
48. Index of Scripture 534