Old Testament Theology

by Von Rad, Gerhard

• ISBN13: 9780664224073
• ISBN10: 0664224075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Table of Contents

Preface to the Old Testament Library Classics	viii
Introduction	ix
Walter Brueggemann
Preface to the 1962 Edition	xxxiii
Translator's Note	xxxvi
Part One A HISTORY OF JAHWISM AND OF THE SACRAL INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL IN OUTLINE
Origins	3	(12)
The Crisis Due to the Conquest	15	(21)
The Crisis Due to the Formation of the State	36	(33)
The Demolition of the Old	36	(3)
The New Orders	39	(9)
The New Spirit	48	(9)
The Religious Opposition to the New Formations in State and Cult	57	(12)
Endeavours to Restore the Past	69	(16)
The Constituting of the Post-Exilic Cultic Community	85	(8)
Sacral Office and Charisma in Ancient Israel	93	(12)
Part Two THE THEOLOGY OF ISRAEL'S HISTORICAL TRADITIONS
Methodological Presuppositions	105	(24)
The Subject-matter of a Theology of the Old Testament	105	(10)
The Unfolding	115	(6)
The Oldest Pictures of the Saving History	121	(8)
The Theology of the Hexateuch	129	(177)
The Time-Division of the Canonical Saving History by means of the Covenant Theology	129	(7)
The Primeval History	136	(1)
The Place in the Theology of the Witness concerning Creation	136	(3)
The Pictures of Jahweh's Act of Creation	139	(15)
The Incursion and the Spread of Sin	154	(7)
Jahweh and the Nations: The Conclusion of the Primeval History	161	(14)
The History of the Patriarchs	165	(10)
The Deliverance from Egypt	175	(1)
The Miracle at the Red Sea	175	(4)
The Revelation of the Name Jahweh	179	(8)
The Divine Revelation at Sinai	187	(1)
Preliminary Remarks on the Basis of the History of the Tradition	187	(3)
The Significance of the Commandments	190	(13)
The First Commandment and Jahweh's Holy Zeal	203	(9)
The Veto on Images in the Old Testament	212	(7)
Deuteronomy	219	(13)
The Priestly Document	232	(74)
The Priestly Document as an Historical Work	232	(2)
The Tent, the Ark, and the Glory of God	234	(7)
The Cultic Officials	241	(9)
The Sacrifices	250	(12)
Sin and Atonement	262	(10)
Clean---Unclean, Illness and Death	272	(8)
The Wandering in the Wilderness	280	(9)
The Conception of Moses and His Office	289	(7)
The Granting of the Land of Canaan	296	(10)
Israel's Anointed	306	(49)
Methodological Preconsiderations	306	(2)
The Covenant with David in the History	308	(10)
The Empire and Office of the Anointed in the Royal Psalms	318	(6)
Saul	324	(3)
The Judges	327	(7)
The Deuteronomist's Theology of History (The Book of Kings)	334	(13)
The Historical Work of the Chronicler	347	(8)
Israel Before Jahweh (Israel's Answer)	355	(105)
Methodological Preconsiderations	355	(1)
The Praises of Israel	356	(14)
The Righteousness of Jahweh and of Israel	370	(13)
Israel's Trials and the Consolation of the Individual	383	(35)
Israel's Wisdom deriving from Experience	418	(23)
Israel's Theological Wisdom	441	(12)
Scepticism	453	(7)
List of Abbreviations and of Works Frequently Cited	460	(3)
Index of Scripture Passages	463	(18)
Name and Subject Index	481