From Genesis to Chronicles : Explorations in

Gerhard von Rad (1901-71) was Professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Acknowledgments

vii

Abbreviations

ix

Editor's Foreword

xiii

Preface

xvii

Translator's Preface

xix

PART I: FROM GENESIS TO JOSHUA

1. The Form-Critical Problem of the Hexateuch

1

(58)

The Problem Stated

1

(2)

The Short Historical Creed

3

(4)

Free Adaptations of the Creed in Cult-Lyrics

7

(3)

The Sinai Tradition in the Hexateuch

10

(6)

The Sinai Tradition as a Cult-Legend

16

(4)

The Form of Deuteronomy

20

(6)

The Festival and Its Earlier History

26

(5)

The Origin of the "Settlement Tradition"

31

(5)

From Tradition into Literature

36

(2)

The Yahwist

38

(12)

The Theological Problem of the Yahwist

50

(5)

Concluding Observations

55

(4)

2. The Promised Land and Yahweh's Land in the Hexateuch

59

(11)

3. Faith Reckoned as Righteousness

70

(5)

4. The Joseph Narrative and Ancient Wisdom

75

(7)

5. There Remains Still a Rest for the People of God

82

(7)

6. Ancient Word and Living Word-Deuteronomy

89

(10)

7. The Tent and the Ark

99

(16)

8. The City on the Hill

115

(10)

PART II: FROM SAMUEL TO KINGS

9. The Beginnings of Historical Writing in Ancient Israel

125

(29)

Sagas of Heroes

129

(4)

The History of the Succession to the Throne of David

133

(10)

The Significance of This Historical Work

143

(11)

10. The Deuteronomic Theology of History in 1 and 2 Kings

154

(13)

11. The Royal Ritual in Judah

167

(10)

PART III: FROM PSALMS TO CHRONICLES

12. The Theological Problem of the Old Testament Doctrine of Creation

177

(10)

13. "Righteousness" and "Life" in the Cultic Language of the Psalms

187

(18)

14. Some Aspects of the Old Testament Worldview

205

(18)

15. Job 38 and Ancient Egyptian Wisdom

223

(9)

16.The Levitical Sermon in 1 and 2 Chronicles

232

(11)

Notes

243

(24)

Bibliography

267

(4)

Select Bibliography on Old Testament Theology and the History of Israelite Religion

271

(4)

Index of Authors

275

(4)

Index of Ancient Sources

279

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