God's covenant with Israel is one of the most important themes of Old Testament scholarship: 'I will be your God, you shall be my people'. Yet this has only rarely been the focus of a comprehensive study.Professor Rendtorff explores the different ways the covenant formula is used in the Bible, its structural and theological functions, the connections between covenant and election.An important contribution to a canonical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible.

The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation (Old Testament Studies)

Religion & Spirituality

Rendtorff, Rolf

Christian Books & Bibles

T&T Clark

The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch (The Library of ...

The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Sheffield Academic+press

The Old Testament is a collection of writings which came into being over a period of more than a thousand years in the history of the people of Israel and which reflect the life of the people in this period. Therefore, there is a reciprocal relationship between the writings or "books" of the Old Testament and the life of Israel in its history. The understanding of the texts presupposes insights into the historical context and the development of the life of Israelite society, while at the same time the texts themselves are the most important, indeed for the most part the only, source for it. This "Introduction" attempts to take account of this reciprocal relationship. The first part deals with the history of Israel. However, its approach differs from most accounts of this history. It takes the Old Testament texts themselves as a starting point and first of all outlines the picture of historical developments and associations which the texts present. An attempt is then made, on this basis, to reconstruct historical developments by introducing material from outside the Bible. This method of working leads to close connections between the second and third parts, because it has to take account of the nature and original purpose of the texts and their function within the biblical books as they are now. The second part attempts to present the texts collected in the Old Testament as expressions of the life of Israel. The third part discusses the books of the Old Testament in their present form.

The Old Testament: An Introduction

Fortress Press

Rendtorff's approach involves an intensive interchange with international scholarship, including Jewish biblical studies, and emphasis on the question of the canon. Important themes of Old Testament theology are developed, among them revelation and history, creation and salvation history, covenant, and paradigms of exegesis.

Canon and Theology: Overtures to an Old Testament Theology (Overtures to Biblical Theology)

Das Alte Testament. Eine Einführung.

Neukirchener

Der Biblische Kommentar Altes Testament ist ein umfassend und ausfÃ"hrlich angelegter wissenschaftlicher Gesamtkommentar zum Alten Testament, an dem bedeutende Wissenschaftler seit Jahren arbeiten - er reprÃ¤sentiert den aktuellen Forschungsstand. Fertiggestellt wird er 24 BÃ¤nde umfassen. Dieses Vorhaben erfordert verschiedene Erscheinungsformen und BezugsmÃ¶glichkeiten: Die Kommentare erscheinen in Einzellieferungen Ã"ber einen lÃ¤ngeren Zeitraum und nach Fertigstellung als Bandausgabe. RegelmÃ¤Ãig und somit in kÃ"rzeren AbstÃ¤nden erscheinen Einzellieferungen, die in Fortsetzung zu beziehen sind, und zwar entweder als Fortsetzungsbezug auf das Gesamtwerk oder als Fortsetzungsbezug auf EinzelbÃ¤nde.

Leviticus 1,1-10,20 (Biblischer Kommentar Altes Testament, III/1) (German Edition)

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co

Founded on a lifetime’s research and creative thought, this is the crowning work of an internationally celebrated Hebrew Bible / Old Testament scholar. Part I provides an engaging running commentary on the text from a final-form, canonical perspective, and Part II deals with a range of thematic issues, including: creation, covenant and election,the patriarchs, the promised land, torah, cult, Moses, David, Zion, language about God, prophecy, wisdom, Israel’s historical consciousness, hermeneutics, Jewish and Christian theology of the Hebrew Bible. This is an outstanding contribution to the field. It is both and invaluable tool for students and a significant work demanding the attention of professional scholars.

The Canonical Hebrew Bible: A Theology of the Old Testament (Tools for Biblical Study)

Deo Publishing

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