The Concept of Biblical Theology

A major overview and provocative analysis from a premier Old Testament scholar.

James Barr is Regius Professor of Hebrew Emeritus in the Universtiy of Oxford.

Preface

xiii

1. Definitions: The Many Faces of Biblical Theology

1

(17)

2. The Origins of Modern Old Testament Theology

18

(9)

3. A Typology of Old Testament Theologies

27

(25)

1. Kohler's type

28

(1)

2. Eichrodt's type

29

(2)

3. Vriezen's type

31

(1)

4. Von Rad's type

32

(5)

5. Childs' type

37

(2)

6. Kohler again

39

(2)

7. Eichrodt again

41

(2)

8. Vriezen again

43

(2)

9. Von Rad again

45

(2)

10. Childs again

47

(5)

4. A Wider Spectrum

52

(10)

5. Difference from Doctrinal Theology

62

(15)

6. Difference from Non-Theological Study

77

(8)

7. Evolution and Anti-Evolutionism

85

(15)

8. Difference from History of Religion

100

(40)

1. Terminology

100

(1)

2. Religious similarities with neighbouring peoples

101

(2)

3. An historical account of Israelite religion itself

103

(2)

4. Relations to the New Testament

105

(2)

5. Religion and dialectical theology

107

(3)

6. A mixture of elements?

110

(5)

7. Triumph for theology?

115

(3)

8. Albertz

118

(5)

9. Discussion following Albertz

123

(6)

10. Where does the difference lie?

129

(8)

11. Conclusion

137

(3)

9. Difference in the Size of Complexes

140

(6)

10. Difference in the Way of Thinking: Philosophy and Natural Theology

146

(26)

1. Philosophy and biblical scholarship

146

(1)

2. The influence of dialectical theology

147

(10)

3. The character of biblical thought

157

(11)

4. Natural theology: first stage

168

(2)

5. The place of psychology

170

(2)

11. Connections with the New Testament

172

(17)

12. Evaluation, Commitment, Objectivity

189

(20)

13. Historical Theology -- A Possible Analogy?

209

(13)

14. Opposition to Biblical Theology

222

(18)

15. `Real' Theology and Biblical Theology

240

(13)

16. `Christianizing' of the Old Testament?

253

(3)

17. Judaism after Biblical Times

256

(30)

18. Jewish Biblical Theology?

286

(26)

1. General

286

(3)

2. Tsevat

289

(2)

3. Levenson

291

(11)

4. Goshen-Gottstein

302

(4)

5. Japhet

306

(1)

6. Sweeney

307

(2)

7. Conclusion

309

(3)

19. Some Theologies of the 1970s

312

(18)

1. Zimmerli

312

(4)

2. Westermann

316

(3)

3. Fohrer

319

(4)

4. Terrien

323

(2)

5. Schmid

325

(5)

20. An Overview of the Older Tradition

330

(15)

1. System and selection

331

(6)

2. The question of the `centre'

337

(8)

21. Story and Biblical Theology

345

(17)

1. General

345

(2)

2. Story and `history'

347

(7)

3. Story is not theology

354

(8)

22. Gese and the Unity of Biblical Theology

362

(16)

23. The Canonical Approach: First Stage

378

(23)

1. General

378

(2)

2. A canon within the canon?

380

(7)

3. The approach of Childs: first stages

387

(8)

4. Childs' Biblical Theologies

395

(6)

24. Childs' Theologies

401

(38)

1. General

401

(4)

2. Childs and Barth

405

(3)

3. Childs differing from Barth

408

(4)

4. Biblical theology and doctrinal theology

412

(5)

5. The relation of three theologies

417

(5)

6. Abandonment of the canonical approach?

422

(2)

7. Modern `literary' reading

424

(2)

8. Relations with earlier biblical theology

426

(1)

9. Other questions

427

(2)

10. General overview

429

(2)

11. General intellectual concepts

431

(7)

(a) The Enlightenment

432

(1)

(b) Historicism

433

(1)

(c) Positivism

434

(1)

(d) Theology and religion

435

(1)

(e) Ideology

436

(1)

(f) Fundamentalism

437

(1)

12. Conclusion

438

(1)

25. Other Canonical Possibilities

439

(13)

1. General

439

(2)

2. Sanders

441

(1)

3. Rendtorff

441

(6)

4. Reception history

447

(1)

5. Afterthoughts about the canon

448

(4)

26. Some Recent Theologies

452

(16)

1. Kaiser

452

(3)

2. Gunneweg

455

(6)

3. Preuss

461

(6)

4. Conclusion

467

(1)

27. Natural Theology within Biblical Theology

468

(29)

1. Central biblical sources

468

(13)

(a) Creation

472

(1)

(b) Law

473

(2)

(c) The prophetic word

475

(1)

(d) The Wisdom literature

476

(2)

(e) The New Testament

478

(3)

2. Westermann

481

(3)

3. Revelation

484

(2)

4. Christology and the question of natural theology

486

(2)

5. Ecology

488

(2)

6. Morality

490

(2)

7. Genocide?

492

(2)

8. Conclusion

494

(3)

28. Oeming

497

(16)

1. Von Rad's four models

497

(4)

2. Gadamer and von Rad

501

(2)

3. The models as developed after von Rad

503

(2)

4. Oeming's own proposals

505

(4)

5. Discussion

509

(2)

6. Conclusion

511

(2)

29. Mildenberger

513

(17)

30. Raisanen

530

(11)

31. Brueggemann

541

(22)

32. Apocryphal and Other Non-canonical Books

563

(18)

33. The Distribution of Resources and Pan-Biblical Theology

581

(5)

34. David Brown

586

(19)

1. General

586

(1)

2. Enlightenment

587

(1)

3. Judaism

588

(2)

4. Islam

590

(1)

5. Greek religion and culture

591

(1)

6. Limitations of scripture taken alone

592

(2)

7. The `intertestamental' period

594

(1)

8. The Septuagint

595

(1)

9. Historical criticism

596

(3)

10. Canonical interpretations

599

(1)

11. The historical Jesus

600

(1)

12. Natural theology

601

(1)

13. Biblical theology?

601

(2)

14. Conclusion

603

(2)

35. Conclusion

605

(3)

Abbreviations

608

(2)

Bibliography

610

(31)

Notes

641

(58)

Index of Names

699

(9)

Index of Concepts

708

(6)

Index of Scriptural Passages Cited

714

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