Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments

This monumental work is the first comprehensive biblical theology to appear in many years and is the culmination of Brevard Child's lifelong commitment to constructing a biblical theology that surmounts objections to the discipline raised over the past generation. Childs rejects any approaches that overstress either the continuity or discontinuity between the Old and New Testaments. He refuses to follow the common pattern in Christian thought of identifying biblical theology with the New Testament's interest in the Old. Rather, Childs maps out an approach that reflects on the whole Christian Bible with its two very different voices, each of which retains continuing integrity and is heard on its own terms.

ISBN	0800626753	Pages	768
ISBN13	9780800626754 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Augsburg Fortress	Weight (grammes)	1101
Imprint	Augsburg Fortress	Published in	Minneapolis
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	230
Publication date	01 Jan 1959	Width (mm)	164
Library of Congress	BS543.C453	Spine width (mm)	48
DEWEY	230.041	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC21

	Preface
	Abbreviations
1	Prolegomena	1
I	The History of the Discipline of Biblical Theology	3
II	Current Models for Biblical Theology	11
III	Classic Earlier Christian Approaches to Biblical Theology	30
2	A Search for a New Approach	53
I	The Problem of the Christian Bible	55
II	A Canonical Approach to Biblical Theology	70
III	From Witness to Subject Matter	80
IV	Canonical Categories for Structuring a Biblical Theology	91
3	The Discrete Witness of the Old Testament	95
I	Methodological Problems	97
II	Creation	107
III	From Eden to Babel	119
IV	Patriarchal Traditions (Genesis 12-50)	123
V	Mosaic Traditions	130
VI	The Possession of the Land and the Settlement	143
VII	The Tradition of the Judges	149
VIII	The Establishment of the Monarchy	152
IX	The Divided Kingdom	157
X	Exile and Restoration	162
XI	The Prophetic Tradition	167
XII	The Apocalyptic Tradition	181
XIII	The Wisdom Tradition	187
XIV	The Tradition of the Psalms	191
XV	Excursus: The Theological Problem of Old Testament History	196
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Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments

Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible

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