THEOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT (Volume 1)(Old Testament Library) by Walter Eichrodt ($49.95)*

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This book is the first volume of the monumental work that has come to be regarded as a theological classic, a landmark in Old Testament studies.

Table of Contents

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From the Preface to the First Edition 11
Preface to the Fifth Revised Edition 13
Preface to the English Edition 17
Translator's Preface 23
Abbreviations 24
I. Old Testament Theology: The Problem and the Method 25
II. The Covenant Relationship 36
1. The meaning of the covenant concept 36
2. The history of the covenant concept 45
I The jeopardizing of the Yahweh covenant 45
II The re-fashioning of the covenant concept 49
III. The Covenant Statutes 70
A. The Secular Law 74
1. Its distinctive character 74
2. Some crucial phases in the development of the law 83
IV. The Covenant Statutes (continued) 98
B. The Cultus 98
1. The significance of the cultus for religion in general 98
2. The significance of the cultus in the religion of Israel 101
I Sacred sites 102
II Sacred objects 107
III Sacred seasons 119
IV Sacred actions 133
(a) Consecration and purity rites 133
(b) Sacrificial worship 141
(c) Prayer 172
V Synthesis 176
V. The Name of the Covenant God 178
1. General semitic designations of God 178
2. Specifically Israelite designations of God 187
3. Epithets of Yahweh 194
VI. The Nature of the Covenant God 206
A. Affirmations About The Divine Being 206
1. God as personal 206
2. God as spiritual 210
3. God as one 220
VII. The Nature of the Covenant God (continued) 228
B. Affirmations About The Divine Activity 228
1. The power of God 228
2. The lovingkindness of God (hesed Yahweh) 232
3. The righteousness of God 239
4. The love of God 250
5. The wrath of God 258
6. The holiness of God 270
7. The relation of the Old Testament picture of God to the moral norm 282
8. Synthesis 286
VIII. The Instruments of the Covenant 289
A. The Charismatic Leaders 289
1. The founder of the religion 289
2. The seers 293
3. The Nazirites 306
4. The judges 306
5. Nabism 309
I The basic characteristics of the phenomenon 309
(a) The phenomenon of group ecstasy 309
(b) The general religious character of the phenomenon 313
(c) The effects of spirit-possession 319
II The theological significance of nabism 318
III The degeneration of nabism 332
6. Classical prophecy 338
I Links with nabism 339
II The distinctive character of classical prophecy 341
III The religious structure of classical prophecy 345
(a) The new experience of the divine reality 345
(b) The working out of the experience of God in the prophetic system of thought 353
([alpha]) The new sense of the unity of life 353
([beta]) The divine-human relationship transferred to the individual level 356
([gama]) The prophetic critique of daily life 360
([delta]) The prophetic attitude to the cultus 364
([varepsilon]) The prophetic attitude to the national religion 369
(1) Common presuppositions 369
(2) The prophetic re-shaping of the national religion 371
([zeta]) Sin and judgment 374
([eta]) The prophetic conception of history 381
([theta]) Eschatology 385
(c) Synthesis 387
IX. The Instruments of the Covenant (continued) 392
B. The Official Leaders 392
1. The priests 392
I The formation of the priesthood in the history of Israel 392
II The religious structure of the priesthood 402
(a) General 402
(b) The distinctive character of the priestly conception of God 406
(c) The relations between God and the world 410
(d) The place of man in the world 415
([alpha]) Human right conduct 415
([beta]) Cultic activity 419
([gama]) Human existence in time (history and eschatology) 424
(e) Synthesis 433
2. The king 436
I The origin of the monarchy 438
II The ambivalent assessment of the monarchy in the sources 441
III The monarchy as a religious office in the history of the covenant people 442
IV The religious effects of the monarchy 452
X. Covenant-Breaking and Judgment 457
I. Judgment as a guarantee and restoration of the covenant 457
I The possibility of annulment 457
II A new evaluation of God's covenant 458
III The hope of the overthrow and punishment of Israel's enemies 459
IV Foreign influences 461
V An execution of Yahweh's righteous judgment 461
2. Judgment as abrogation of the covenant 462
I The transformation of the limited vision of the future 462
II The change in the character of the expectation of doom 464
III Individual retribution 467
3. Individualist and universalist elements in the expectation of judgment 467
XI. Fulfilling the Covenant: The Consummation of God's Dominion 472
1. The principal forms of the Old Testament hope of salvation 473
2. The importance of the hope of salvation for the doctrine of God 490
I The entry of God into history 490
II The supramundane character of the messianic kingdom 491
III The solution of the pressing problems of religion 492
3. The origins of the Old Testament hope of salvation 494
I Mythical elements 494
II Its cultic derivation 497
III Its nationalist origin 498
IV Its religous core 499
4. Prediction and fulfilment 501
I The various attempts at a solution 502
II The double relationship of prediction and fulfilment 508
Excursus: The Problem of Old Testament Theology 512
Index of subjects 521
Index of modern authors 530
Index of biblical passages

	From the Preface to the First Edition	11
	Preface to the Fifth Revised Edition	13
	Preface to the English Edition	17
	Translator's Preface	23
	Abbreviations	24
I.	Old Testament Theology: The Problem and the Method	25
II.	The Covenant Relationship	36
1.	The meaning of the covenant concept	36
2.	The history of the covenant concept	45
I	The jeopardizing of the Yahweh covenant	45
II	The re-fashioning of the covenant concept	49
III.	The Covenant Statutes	70
A.	The Secular Law	74
1.	Its distinctive character	74
2.	Some crucial phases in the development of the law	83
IV.	The Covenant Statutes (continued)	98
B.	The Cultus	98
1.	The significance of the cultus for religion in general	98
2.	The significance of the cultus in the religion of Israel	101
I	Sacred sites	102
II	Sacred objects	107
III	Sacred seasons	119
IV	Sacred actions	133
(a)	Consecration and purity rites	133
(b)	Sacrificial worship	141
(c)	Prayer	172
V	Synthesis	176
V.	The Name of the Covenant God	178
1.	General semitic designations of God	178
2.	Specifically Israelite designations of God	187
3.	Epithets of Yahweh	194
VI.	The Nature of the Covenant God	206
A.	Affirmations About The Divine Being	206
1.	God as personal	206
2.	God as spiritual	210
3.	God as one	220
VII.	The Nature of the Covenant God (continued)	228
B.	Affirmations About The Divine Activity	228
1.	The power of God	228
2.	The lovingkindness of God (hesed Yahweh)	232
3.	The righteousness of God	239
4.	The love of God	250
5.	The wrath of God	258
6.	The holiness of God	270
7.	The relation of the Old Testament picture of God to the moral norm	282
8.	Synthesis	286
VIII.	The Instruments of the Covenant	289
A.	The Charismatic Leaders	289
1.	The founder of the religion	289
2.	The seers	293
3.	The Nazirites	306
4.	The judges	306
5.	Nabism	309
I	The basic characteristics of the phenomenon	309
(a)	The phenomenon of group ecstasy	309
(b)	The general religious character of the phenomenon	313
(c)	The effects of spirit-possession	319
II	The theological significance of nabism	318
III	The degeneration of nabism	332
6.	Classical prophecy	338
I	Links with nabism	339
II	The distinctive character of classical prophecy	341
III	The religious structure of classical prophecy	345
(a)	The new experience of the divine reality	345
(b)	The working out of the experience of God in the prophetic system of thought	353
([alpha])	The new sense of the unity of life	353
([beta])	The divine-human relationship transferred to the individual level	356
([gama])	The prophetic critique of daily life	360
([delta])	The prophetic attitude to the cultus	364
([varepsilon])	The prophetic attitude to the national religion	369
(1)	Common presuppositions	369
(2)	The prophetic re-shaping of the national religion	371
([zeta])	Sin and judgment	374
([eta])	The prophetic conception of history	381
([theta])	Eschatology	385
(c)	Synthesis	387
IX.	The Instruments of the Covenant (continued)	392
B.	The Official Leaders	392
1.	The priests	392
I	The formation of the priesthood in the history of Israel	392
II	The religious structure of the priesthood	402
(a)	General	402
(b)	The distinctive character of the priestly conception of God	406
(c)	The relations between God and the world	410
(d)	The place of man in the world	415
([alpha])	Human right conduct	415
([beta])	Cultic activity	419
([gama])	Human existence in time (history and eschatology)	424
(e)	Synthesis	433
2.	The king	436
I	The origin of the monarchy	438
II	The ambivalent assessment of the monarchy in the sources	441
III	The monarchy as a religious office in the history of the covenant people	442
IV	The religious effects of the monarchy	452
X.	Covenant-Breaking and Judgment	457
I.	Judgment as a guarantee and restoration of the covenant	457
I	The possibility of annulment	457
II	A new evaluation of God's covenant	458
III	The hope of the overthrow and punishment of Israel's enemies	459
IV	Foreign influences	461
V	An execution of Yahweh's righteous judgment	461
2.	Judgment as abrogation of the covenant	462
I	The transformation of the limited vision of the future	462
II	The change in the character of the expectation of doom	464
III	Individual retribution	467
3.	Individualist and universalist elements in the expectation of judgment	467
XI.	Fulfilling the Covenant: The Consummation of God's Dominion	472
1.	The principal forms of the Old Testament hope of salvation	473
2.	The importance of the hope of salvation for the doctrine of God	490
I	The entry of God into history	490
II	The supramundane character of the messianic kingdom	491
III	The solution of the pressing problems of religion	492
3.	The origins of the Old Testament hope of salvation	494
I	Mythical elements	494
II	Its cultic derivation	497
III	Its nationalist origin	498
IV	Its religous core	499
4.	Prediction and fulfilment	501
I	The various attempts at a solution	502
II	The double relationship of prediction and fulfilment	508
	Excursus: The Problem of Old Testament Theology	512
	Index of subjects	521
	Index of modern authors	530
	Index of biblical passages