Old Testament Theology in Outline

✍ Scribed by Walther Zimmerli

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

During the period that the Old Testament came into being, Israel, from who whose world the documents contained in the Old Testament derive, underwent many changes, especially in its sociological structures. Such changes produce changes in liturgical life, resulting finally in the elimination of a multiplicity of sanctuaries and focusing on Jerusalem.Walther Zimmerli suggests that a presentation of Old Testament theology cannot close its eyes to all this movement and change. This classic study expertly outlines the essential religious structures and tensions of the Old Testament.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Purpose and Scope......Page 11
Approach......Page 12
1 The Revealed Name......Page 16
2 Yahweh, God of Israel since Egypt......Page 20
3 Yahweh, God of the Fathers: The Promise......Page 26
4 Yahweh, Creator and King......Page 31
5 The Election of Israel......Page 42
6 Yahweh, God of Sinai: Covenant and Commandment......Page 47
7 War and Victory......Page 58
8 The Land and Its Blessings......Page 63
9 The Gift of God's Presence......Page 69
a) Moses and Joshua......Page 80
b) Judge and Nazirite......Page 82
c) The King......Page 85
d) Priest......Page 92
e) Prophet......Page 98
f) Wise Man......Page 106
11 The Location, Terminology, and Nature of the Commandments......Page 108
12 The First Commandment......Page 114
13 The Prohibition against Images (and against Misusing the Name of God)......Page 119
14 Liturgical and Ritual Commandments......Page 124
15 Yahweh's Commandments Governing Social Relationships and Property......Page 132
16 The Response of Obedience......Page 140
17 Israel's Sacrificial Worship: Praise of Yahweh and Cry for Help......Page 147
18 Mastery of Everyday Life and Its Concrete Secrets (Wisdom)......Page 154
19 Humanity between Judgment and Salvation (Primal History)......Page 166
20 The Crisis of Israel in the Historical Narratives......Page 173
a) Literary Prophecy of the Eighth Century......Page 182
b) Prophecy at the Beginning of the Exile......Page 199
c) Late Exilic and Postexilic Prophecy......Page 214
22 Old Testament Apocalypticism......Page 226
23 The Openness of the Old Testament Message......Page 237
E......Page 240
P......Page 241
Z......Page 242
Index of Hebrew Words......Page 243
Index of Bible Passages......Page 245