Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sources for Biblical and Theological StudyPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (560 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781575065540
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230.0411
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
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
Summary: 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 approaches used in these works. This textbook has been re-issued with a new title, Old Testament Theology: Flowering and Future, and is now divided into five convenient sections-Part 1: The Background, Part 2: Old Testament Theology's Renaissance: Walther Eichrodt through Gerhard von Rad, Part 3: Expansion and Variety: Between Gerhard von Rad and Brevard Childs, Part 4: From Brevard Childs to a New Pluralism, and Part 5: Contexts, Perspectives, and Proposals.Selected essays include key theological statements of Otto Eissfeldt, Walther Eichrodt, Theodorus C. Vriezen, George E. Wright, Gerhard von Rad, Walther Zimmerli, John L. McKenzie, Ronald E. Clements, Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Samuel L. Terrien, Claus Westermann, Brevard S. Childs, Rolf Knierim, Horst D. Preuss, Walter Brueggemann, Paul R. House, Bernhard W. Anderson, Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Hartmut Gese, Phyllis Trible, Jon D. Levenson, John H. Sailhamer, Gunther H. Wittenberg, James Barr, R. W. L. Moberly, and Mark G. Brett.An appendix contains Johann P. Gabler's 1787 seminal essay on biblical theology. An extensive bibliography and indexes of authorities and Scripture references conclude the volume.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781575065540

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

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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 approaches used in these works. This textbook has been re-issued with a new title, Old Testament Theology: Flowering and Future, and is now divided into five convenient sections-Part 1: The Background, Part 2: Old Testament Theology's Renaissance: Walther Eichrodt through Gerhard von Rad, Part 3: Expansion and Variety: Between Gerhard von Rad and Brevard Childs, Part 4: From Brevard Childs to a New Pluralism, and Part 5: Contexts, Perspectives, and Proposals.Selected essays include key theological statements of Otto Eissfeldt, Walther Eichrodt, Theodorus C. Vriezen, George E. Wright, Gerhard von Rad, Walther Zimmerli, John L. McKenzie, Ronald E. Clements, Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Samuel L. Terrien, Claus Westermann, Brevard S. Childs, Rolf Knierim, Horst D. Preuss, Walter Brueggemann, Paul R. House, Bernhard W. Anderson, Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Hartmut Gese, Phyllis Trible, Jon D. Levenson, John H. Sailhamer, Gunther H. Wittenberg, James Barr, R. W. L. Moberly, and Mark G. Brett.An appendix contains Johann P. Gabler's 1787 seminal essay on biblical theology. An extensive bibliography and indexes of authorities and Scripture references conclude the volume.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Okt 2021)