| Título : | Old testament theology in a canonical context | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Childs, Brevard, Autor | | Mención de edición: | 1° | | Editorial: | Fortress Press | | Fecha de publicación: | 1986 | | Número de páginas: | 255 páginas | | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-8006-0772-3 | | Nota general: | <27024> | | Idioma : | Inglés | | Clasificación: | 221/CH53/(ING) | | Resumen: | Preface xiii
Abbreviations xv
1 INTRODUCTION TO OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY 1
(i) The present task 1
(ii) A survey of the history of the discipline 2
(iii) Continuing problems 4
(iv) A canonical approach to Old Testament 6
(v) Canonical approach and the modern debate 15
(vi) The importance of Old Testament theology 17
2 THE OLD TESTAMENT AS REVELATION 20
(i) The criticism of analytical philosophy 20
(ii) The criticism of sociological analysis 24
3 HOW GOD IS KNOWN 28
(i) Introduction 28
(ii) God is known through creation 30
(iii) Revelation through wisdom 34
(iv) Revelation through history 36
(v) Revelation through the name 38
(vi) Is the God of the Old Testament a male deity? 39
(vii) Characteristic features of God's self-disclosure 41
4 GOD'S PURPOSE IN REVELATION 43
(i) The goal of self-disclosure 43
(ii) The obscuring of God's will 46
(iii) The eschatological restoration of his purpose 48
5 THE LAW OF GOD 51
(i) The knowledge and will of God 51
(ii) The divine imperative 51
(iii) God's will and its realization 52
(iv) The canonical shape of the Sinai witness 53
(v) Theological implications of the Law 56
6 KNOWING AND DOING THE WILL OF GOD 58
(i) The dialectical poles 58
(ii) Contextual illustrations 60
7 THE THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE DECALOGUE 63
The prologue 64
(i) You shall have no other gods before me 65
(ii) You shall not make yourself an image! 66
(iii) You shall not take the name of the Lord,
your God, in vain 68
(iv) Remember the sabbath to keep it holy' 70
(v) 'Honour your father and mother that your
days may be long in the land 72
(vi) You shall not kill' 74
(vii) You shall not commit adultery' 79
(viii) 'You shall not steal'/(x) You shall not covet 81
(ix) You shall not bear false witness against
your neighbor 82
8 THE ROLE OF THE RITUAL AND PURITY LAWS 84
(i) The scope of the subject 84
(ii) Problems of method 85
(iii) Towards a canonical interpretation 86
9 THE RECIPIENTS OF GOD'S REVELATION 92
(i) Israel as God's chosen people 93
(ii) The individual as recipient 97
(a) The individual as representative of humanity 97
(b) The individual as representative of Israel 99
(iii) The nations as recipients of God's revelation 103
10 AGENTS OF GOD'S RULE: MOSES, JUDGES, KINGS 108
(i) The role of Moses 108
(ii) Judges 112
(iii) Kings 115
(a) The rise of the kingdom 115
(b) Saul 117
(c) David 117
(d) The messianic hope 119
11 THE OFFICE AND FUNCTION OF THE PROPHET 122
(i) Methodological issues 122
(ii) The theological role of the prophets 123
(iii) The prophetic promise 128
12 TRUE AND FALSE PROPHETS 133
(i) The scarch for biblical criteria 133
(i) The case of Jeremiah and Hananiah 135
(iii) The effect of the canonical shaping 140
(iv) I Kings 13 142
13 THE THEOLOGICAL ROLE OF PRIESTHOOD 145
(i) The nature of the critical problem 145
(ii) Towards a canonical construal of the priesthood 149
(iii) Summary of the theology of priesthood 152
14 BENEFITS OF THE COVENANT. THE CULTUS 155
(i) Methodological issues 155
(ii) The canonical shape of Leviticus 156
(iii) The sacred dimension of reality 161
(a) Sacred times the festivals 162
(b) Sacred space tabernacle and temple 163
(c) Sacred objects 165
(d) Sacred personnel 166
(iv) The cult as blessing 167
(v) Sacrifice and atonement 168
(vi) The palms and the cult 171
(vii) The prophets and the cult 172
15 STRUCTURES OF THE COMMON LIFE 175
(i) The modern debate 175
(ii) A theological interpretation of Israel's institutions 177
(a) Civil institutions 178
(b) Class structure 181
(c) Legal institutions 182
(d) Military institutions 184
(e) Family Institutions 185
16 MALE AND FEMALE AS A THEOLOGICAL PROBLEM 188
(i) Male and female in Genesis 1-3 182
(ii) Male and female in the Song of Songs 192
17 THE THEOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF BEING HUMAN 196
(i) Introduction 196
(ii) Canonical indices within the tradition 197
(iii) Theological reflections on Old Testament
anthropology 199
THE SHAPE OF THE OBEDIENT LIFE 204
(i) A review of some theological approaches 204
(ii) Canonical guidelines to Israel's response 207
(a) The Psalter 207
(b) Wisdom 210
(c) The Pentateuch 212
(iii) Theological reflections in a canonical context 214
(a) The Psalter 214
(b) The prophets 217
(c) The histories and the writings 217
(d) The patriarchal narratives 218
(iv) Summary 220
19 LIFE UNDER THREAT 222
(i) The primaeval threat, Genesis 1-11 222
(ii) Covenant and curse 226
(iii) Prophets 228
(iv) Daniel and apocalyptic 230
(v) The Psalms, de profundis 231
(vi) Wisdom 232
(vii) The limits of the threat 232
(viii) Summary 234
20 LIFE UNDER PROMISE 236
(i) The scope of the material 236
(ii) Methodological issues 237
(iii) Patterns of canonical shaping 238
(iv) Forms of the promise 240
(a) Judgment and salvation 240
(b) The messianic kingdom and its messiah 241
(c) The land 242
(d) Eternal life 245
Index of Authors 248
Index of Biblical References 254
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Old testament theology in a canonical context [texto impreso] / Childs, Brevard, Autor . - 1° . - [S.l.] : Fortress Press, 1986 . - 255 páginas. ISSN : 978-0-8006-0772-3 <27024> Idioma : Inglés | Clasificación: | 221/CH53/(ING) | | Resumen: | Preface xiii
Abbreviations xv
1 INTRODUCTION TO OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY 1
(i) The present task 1
(ii) A survey of the history of the discipline 2
(iii) Continuing problems 4
(iv) A canonical approach to Old Testament 6
(v) Canonical approach and the modern debate 15
(vi) The importance of Old Testament theology 17
2 THE OLD TESTAMENT AS REVELATION 20
(i) The criticism of analytical philosophy 20
(ii) The criticism of sociological analysis 24
3 HOW GOD IS KNOWN 28
(i) Introduction 28
(ii) God is known through creation 30
(iii) Revelation through wisdom 34
(iv) Revelation through history 36
(v) Revelation through the name 38
(vi) Is the God of the Old Testament a male deity? 39
(vii) Characteristic features of God's self-disclosure 41
4 GOD'S PURPOSE IN REVELATION 43
(i) The goal of self-disclosure 43
(ii) The obscuring of God's will 46
(iii) The eschatological restoration of his purpose 48
5 THE LAW OF GOD 51
(i) The knowledge and will of God 51
(ii) The divine imperative 51
(iii) God's will and its realization 52
(iv) The canonical shape of the Sinai witness 53
(v) Theological implications of the Law 56
6 KNOWING AND DOING THE WILL OF GOD 58
(i) The dialectical poles 58
(ii) Contextual illustrations 60
7 THE THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE DECALOGUE 63
The prologue 64
(i) You shall have no other gods before me 65
(ii) You shall not make yourself an image! 66
(iii) You shall not take the name of the Lord,
your God, in vain 68
(iv) Remember the sabbath to keep it holy' 70
(v) 'Honour your father and mother that your
days may be long in the land 72
(vi) You shall not kill' 74
(vii) You shall not commit adultery' 79
(viii) 'You shall not steal'/(x) You shall not covet 81
(ix) You shall not bear false witness against
your neighbor 82
8 THE ROLE OF THE RITUAL AND PURITY LAWS 84
(i) The scope of the subject 84
(ii) Problems of method 85
(iii) Towards a canonical interpretation 86
9 THE RECIPIENTS OF GOD'S REVELATION 92
(i) Israel as God's chosen people 93
(ii) The individual as recipient 97
(a) The individual as representative of humanity 97
(b) The individual as representative of Israel 99
(iii) The nations as recipients of God's revelation 103
10 AGENTS OF GOD'S RULE: MOSES, JUDGES, KINGS 108
(i) The role of Moses 108
(ii) Judges 112
(iii) Kings 115
(a) The rise of the kingdom 115
(b) Saul 117
(c) David 117
(d) The messianic hope 119
11 THE OFFICE AND FUNCTION OF THE PROPHET 122
(i) Methodological issues 122
(ii) The theological role of the prophets 123
(iii) The prophetic promise 128
12 TRUE AND FALSE PROPHETS 133
(i) The scarch for biblical criteria 133
(i) The case of Jeremiah and Hananiah 135
(iii) The effect of the canonical shaping 140
(iv) I Kings 13 142
13 THE THEOLOGICAL ROLE OF PRIESTHOOD 145
(i) The nature of the critical problem 145
(ii) Towards a canonical construal of the priesthood 149
(iii) Summary of the theology of priesthood 152
14 BENEFITS OF THE COVENANT. THE CULTUS 155
(i) Methodological issues 155
(ii) The canonical shape of Leviticus 156
(iii) The sacred dimension of reality 161
(a) Sacred times the festivals 162
(b) Sacred space tabernacle and temple 163
(c) Sacred objects 165
(d) Sacred personnel 166
(iv) The cult as blessing 167
(v) Sacrifice and atonement 168
(vi) The palms and the cult 171
(vii) The prophets and the cult 172
15 STRUCTURES OF THE COMMON LIFE 175
(i) The modern debate 175
(ii) A theological interpretation of Israel's institutions 177
(a) Civil institutions 178
(b) Class structure 181
(c) Legal institutions 182
(d) Military institutions 184
(e) Family Institutions 185
16 MALE AND FEMALE AS A THEOLOGICAL PROBLEM 188
(i) Male and female in Genesis 1-3 182
(ii) Male and female in the Song of Songs 192
17 THE THEOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF BEING HUMAN 196
(i) Introduction 196
(ii) Canonical indices within the tradition 197
(iii) Theological reflections on Old Testament
anthropology 199
THE SHAPE OF THE OBEDIENT LIFE 204
(i) A review of some theological approaches 204
(ii) Canonical guidelines to Israel's response 207
(a) The Psalter 207
(b) Wisdom 210
(c) The Pentateuch 212
(iii) Theological reflections in a canonical context 214
(a) The Psalter 214
(b) The prophets 217
(c) The histories and the writings 217
(d) The patriarchal narratives 218
(iv) Summary 220
19 LIFE UNDER THREAT 222
(i) The primaeval threat, Genesis 1-11 222
(ii) Covenant and curse 226
(iii) Prophets 228
(iv) Daniel and apocalyptic 230
(v) The Psalms, de profundis 231
(vi) Wisdom 232
(vii) The limits of the threat 232
(viii) Summary 234
20 LIFE UNDER PROMISE 236
(i) The scope of the material 236
(ii) Methodological issues 237
(iii) Patterns of canonical shaping 238
(iv) Forms of the promise 240
(a) Judgment and salvation 240
(b) The messianic kingdom and its messiah 241
(c) The land 242
(d) Eternal life 245
Index of Authors 248
Index of Biblical References 254
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