From Genesis to Chronicles : Explorations in Old Testament Theology,9780800637187

From Genesis to Chronicles : Explorations in Old Testament Theology

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ISBN13: 9780800637187
ISBN10: 0800637186
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-31
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Author Biography

Gerhard von Rad (1901-71) was Professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Editor's Foreword xiii
Preface xvii
Translator's Preface xix
PART I: FROM GENESIS TO JOSHUA
1. The Form-Critical Problem of the Hexateuch
1(58)
The Problem Stated
1(2)
The Short Historical Creed
3(4)
Free Adaptations of the Creed in Cult-Lyrics
7(3)
The Sinai Tradition in the Hexateuch
10(6)
The Sinai Tradition as a Cult-Legend
16(4)
The Form of Deuteronomy
20(6)
The Festival and Its Earlier History
26(5)
The Origin of the "Settlement Tradition"
31(5)
From Tradition into Literature
36(2)
The Yahwist
38(12)
The Theological Problem of the Yahwist
50(5)
Concluding Observations
55(4)
2. The Promised Land and Yahweh's Land in the Hexateuch
59(11)
3. Faith Reckoned as Righteousness
70(5)
4. The Joseph Narrative and Ancient Wisdom
75(7)
5. There Remains Still a Rest for the People of God
82(7)
6. Ancient Word and Living Word-Deuteronomy
89(10)
7. The Tent and the Ark
99(16)
8. The City on the Hill
115(10)
PART II: FROM SAMUEL TO KINGS
9. The Beginnings of Historical Writing in Ancient Israel
125(29)
Sagas of Heroes
129(4)
The History of the Succession to the Throne of David
133(10)
The Significance of This Historical Work
143(11)
10. The Deuteronomic Theology of History in 1 and 2 Kings
154(13)
11. The Royal Ritual in Judah
167(10)
PART III: FROM PSALMS TO CHRONICLES
12. The Theological Problem of the Old Testament Doctrine of Creation
177(10)
13. "Righteousness" and "Life" in the Cultic Language of the Psalms
187(18)
14. Some Aspects of the Old Testament Worldview
205(18)
15. Job 38 and Ancient Egyptian Wisdom
223(9)
16.The Levitical Sermon in 1 and 2 Chronicles
232(11)
Notes 243(24)
Bibliography 267(4)
Select Bibliography on Old Testament Theology and the History of Israelite Religion 271(4)
Index of Authors 275(4)
Index of Ancient Sources 279

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