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Theologies in the Old Testament.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (369 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780567188151
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Theologies in the Old TestamentDDC classification:
  • 230.0411
LOC classification:
  • BS1192.5 -- .G4713 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 2.1 From what context do we consider the Old Testament? -- 2.2 What is the status of the Old Testament writings? -- 2.3 What are our aims in interpreting the ancient traditions? -- 3. A SKETCH OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL -- 3.1 Family and clan -- 3.2 Village and small town -- 3.3 Tribal alliances -- 3.4 The monarchical state -- 3.5 Confessional and parochial communities -- 4. THE DEITY IN THE CIRCLE OF FAMILY AND CLAN -- 4.1 The horizon of faith -- 4.2 Cultic actions -- 4.3 Ideas of God -- 4.4 The ethic of family and clan -- 4.5 Theology from the family - theology of the individual -- 5. DEITIES OF THE VILLAGE (SMALL-TOWN) COMMUNITY -- 5.1 The social history of Palestine -- 5.2 Village structures -- 5.3 Rituals and cults -- 5.4 Ethics and the administration of justice -- 5.5 The theology of the settled community -- 6. GOD AND GODDESS IN THE TRIBAL ALLIANCE -- 6.1 The biblical picture of the tribal system -- 6.2 The origin of Israel -- 6.3 The structure of the tribes -- 6.4 Cultic actions -- 6.5 Ideas of God -- 6.6 Faith and ethics -- 6.7 Ideologies of war? Liberation theology? -- 6.8 How were larger societies organized? -- 7. KINGDOM THEOLOGIES IN ISRAEL -- 7.1 The sources -- 7.2 Internal organization -- 7.3 Foreign policy -- 7.4 Theology of king and state -- 7.5 The opposition from peripheral groups (prophecy) -- 7.6 Were there special features in the northern kingdom of Israel? -- 7.7 The theology of the southern kingdom after David (Jerusalem theology) -- 7.8 Popular belief -- 7.9 National religion? -- 8. THE FAITH COMMUNITY OF 'ISRAEL' AFTER THE DEPORTATIONS -- 8.1 The political and social situation: internal structures -- 8.2 The origin of the holy scriptures -- 8.3 Yahweh, the only God -- The name and exclusiveness of Yahweh.
The legacy of family and village religion -- The power and impotence of God -- Justice and peace -- Creation and history -- Guilt and atonement -- Summary -- 8.4 The cult: temple and synagogue -- 8.5 Popular belief -- 8.6 The ethic of the Yahweh community -- 8.7 What remains? -- 9. POLYTHEISM, SYNCRETISM AND THE ONE GOD -- 9.1 Conceptual clarifications -- 9.2 Changes: the accumulation and interdependence of images of God -- 9.3 Tensions between the theologies of ancient Israel -- 10. EFFECTS AND CONTROVERSIES -- 10.1 Christian perspectives? -- 10.2 The ecumenicity of our theology -- 10.3 The autonomous human being -- 10.4 The unjust, unredeemed world -- 10.5 God: personal or impersonal? -- 10.6 The liberating God -- 10.7 An ethic of responsibility -- 10.8 Images of God today -- 10.9 Parallel theologies (pluralism)? -- 10.10 Relativity, absoluteness, globalization -- 10.11 Monism and dualism -- 10.12 Anthropology -- 10.13 History and eschaton -- 10.14 Our God today -- 10.15 God for all -- APPENDIX: GOD IN OUR TIME -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 2.1 From what context do we consider the Old Testament? -- 2.2 What is the status of the Old Testament writings? -- 2.3 What are our aims in interpreting the ancient traditions? -- 3. A SKETCH OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL -- 3.1 Family and clan -- 3.2 Village and small town -- 3.3 Tribal alliances -- 3.4 The monarchical state -- 3.5 Confessional and parochial communities -- 4. THE DEITY IN THE CIRCLE OF FAMILY AND CLAN -- 4.1 The horizon of faith -- 4.2 Cultic actions -- 4.3 Ideas of God -- 4.4 The ethic of family and clan -- 4.5 Theology from the family - theology of the individual -- 5. DEITIES OF THE VILLAGE (SMALL-TOWN) COMMUNITY -- 5.1 The social history of Palestine -- 5.2 Village structures -- 5.3 Rituals and cults -- 5.4 Ethics and the administration of justice -- 5.5 The theology of the settled community -- 6. GOD AND GODDESS IN THE TRIBAL ALLIANCE -- 6.1 The biblical picture of the tribal system -- 6.2 The origin of Israel -- 6.3 The structure of the tribes -- 6.4 Cultic actions -- 6.5 Ideas of God -- 6.6 Faith and ethics -- 6.7 Ideologies of war? Liberation theology? -- 6.8 How were larger societies organized? -- 7. KINGDOM THEOLOGIES IN ISRAEL -- 7.1 The sources -- 7.2 Internal organization -- 7.3 Foreign policy -- 7.4 Theology of king and state -- 7.5 The opposition from peripheral groups (prophecy) -- 7.6 Were there special features in the northern kingdom of Israel? -- 7.7 The theology of the southern kingdom after David (Jerusalem theology) -- 7.8 Popular belief -- 7.9 National religion? -- 8. THE FAITH COMMUNITY OF 'ISRAEL' AFTER THE DEPORTATIONS -- 8.1 The political and social situation: internal structures -- 8.2 The origin of the holy scriptures -- 8.3 Yahweh, the only God -- The name and exclusiveness of Yahweh.

The legacy of family and village religion -- The power and impotence of God -- Justice and peace -- Creation and history -- Guilt and atonement -- Summary -- 8.4 The cult: temple and synagogue -- 8.5 Popular belief -- 8.6 The ethic of the Yahweh community -- 8.7 What remains? -- 9. POLYTHEISM, SYNCRETISM AND THE ONE GOD -- 9.1 Conceptual clarifications -- 9.2 Changes: the accumulation and interdependence of images of God -- 9.3 Tensions between the theologies of ancient Israel -- 10. EFFECTS AND CONTROVERSIES -- 10.1 Christian perspectives? -- 10.2 The ecumenicity of our theology -- 10.3 The autonomous human being -- 10.4 The unjust, unredeemed world -- 10.5 God: personal or impersonal? -- 10.6 The liberating God -- 10.7 An ethic of responsibility -- 10.8 Images of God today -- 10.9 Parallel theologies (pluralism)? -- 10.10 Relativity, absoluteness, globalization -- 10.11 Monism and dualism -- 10.12 Anthropology -- 10.13 History and eschaton -- 10.14 Our God today -- 10.15 God for all -- APPENDIX: GOD IN OUR TIME -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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