From Genesis To Chronicles

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Editor’s Foreword
Preface
Translator’s Preface

PART 1: FROM GENESIS TO JOSHUA
1.The Form-Critical Problem Of The Hexateuch
2.The Promised Land And Yahweh’s Land In The Hexateuch
3.Faith Reckoned As Righteousness
4.The Joseph Narrative And Ancient Wisdom
5.There Remains Still A Rest For The People Of God
6.Ancient Word And Living Word – Deuteronomy
7.The Tent And The Ark
8.The City On The Hill

PART II: FROM SAMUEL TO KINGS
9.The Beginnings Of Historical Writings In Ancient Israel
10.The Deuteronimic Theology Of History In 1 And 2 Kings
11.The Royal Ritual In Judah

PART III: FROM PSALMS TO CHRONICLES
12.The Theological Problem Of The Old Testament Doctrine Of Creation
13.”Righteousness” And “Life” In The Cultic Language Of The Psalms
14.Some Aspects Of The Old Testament Worldview
15.Job 38 And Ancient Egyptian Wisdom
16.The Levitical Sermon In 1 And 2 Chronicles

Notes
Bibliography
Select Bibliography On Old Testament Theology And The History Of Israelite Religion
Index Of Authors
Index Of Ancient Sources

Additional Info
This volume contains some of the most important and enduring work of Gerhard von Rad, the most influential Old Testament theologian of the twentieth century. The chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the doctrine of creation, memory and tradition in Deuteronomy, historical writing in ancient Israel, cultic language in the Psalms, and the Old Testament worldview.