Problems in Biblical Theology

by Sun, Henry; Eades, Keith L.; Robinson, James M.; Moller, Garth I.

• ISBN13: 9780802838032
• ISBN10: 0802838030
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Problems in Biblical Theology is an erudite collection of twenty-four essays produced to honor Knierim's contribution to the study of biblical theology. It also stands in its own right as a vade mecum of current trends in biblical scholarship. Written by an international array of respected scholars - Knierim's colleagues, former students, and fellow commentators - this volume includes detailed exegetical studies, discussions of theological methods and approaches from a variety of standpoints, and efforts at relating Old Testament exegesis, theology, and hermeneutics to current interests in social scientific methods of interpretation or postmodern thought. In all, the breadth of interests found in this volume reflects the intellectual vitality and passion that Knierim himself has brought to the discipline. A biographical narrative written by Hildegard Knierim and a foreword by James M. Robinson provide additional insight into the historical and social contexts within which Knierim's work has unfolded.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
HENRY T.C. SUN
Foreword	xi	(2)
JAMES M. ROBINSON
Abbreviations	xiii
Way Stations	1	(12)
HILDEGARD KNIERIM
Approcaches to Old Testament Theology	13	(14)
ROLF RENDTORFF
Die Erfahrung Hoibs. "Konnektive" und "distributive" Gerechtigkeit nach dem Hiob-Buch	27	(11)
KLAUS BALTZER
THOMAS KRUGER
Stories of Adam and Eve	38	(21)
DON C. BENJAMIN
The Qumran Scrolls and Old Testament Theology	59	(17)
GEORGE J. BROOKE
Structure Analysis and the Art of Exegesis (1 Samuel 16:14-18.30)	76	(28)
ANTONY F. CAMPBELL, S.J.
Festival Ideology in Chronicles	104	(21)
SIMON J. DE VRIES
Cosmos and History in Zechariah's View of the Restoration (Zechariah 1:7-6:15)	125	(20)
MICHAEL H. FLOYD
Der Befreiende Gott: Zum Standort lateinamerikanischer Theologie	145	(22)
ERHARD S. GERSTENBERGER
Sin, Purification, and Group Process	167	(25)
K.C. HANSON
Ganzheitsdenken in the Book of Ruth	192	(18)
ROBERT L. HUBBARD, JR.
The language of Prophecy: Thoughts on the Macrosyntax of the debar YHWH and Its Semantic Implications in the Deuteronomistic History	210	(12)
KLUAS KOCH
Letting Rival Gods Be Rivals: Biblical Theology in a Postmodern Age	222	(12)
BURKE O. LONG
Yahweh's Compassion and Ecotheology	234	(15)
ELMER A. MARTENS
Israel and the Nations in Isaiah 40-55	249	(16)
ROY F. MELUGIN
Reflections on a Critical Biblical Theology	265	(10)
ROLAND E. MURPHY
O. CARM
Problmes in a Theology of (Only) the Old Testament	275	(6)
WOLFHART PANNENBERG
Meat Eating and the Hebrew Bible	281	(14)
STEPHEN A. REED
The Ninth Day: To Say "Creation" in Genesis 1:1-11:26	295	(20)
STAN RUMMEL
The Task of Text Criticism	315	(13)
JAMES A. SANDERS
Beobachtungen zur Sachbewegung vorexilischer Gerichtsprophetie	328	(10)
ODIL HANNES STECK
"The Place Which Yahweh Your God Will Choose" in Deuteronomy	338	(15)
YOSHIHINDE SUZUKI
Tanak versus Old Testment: Concerning the Foundation for a Jewish Theology of the Bible	353	(20)
MARVIN A. SWEENEY
Sin and "Judgement" in the Prophets	373	(16)
GENE M. TUCKER
Gottes Handeln and Gottes Reden im Alten Testament	389
CLAUS WESTERMANN