Theology of the Old Testament : testimony, dispute, advocacy

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Retrospect I: from the beginning to the end of a generative period

Retrospect 2: the contemporary situation

part 1. Israel's core testimony. Israel's practice of testimony

Testimony in verbal sentences

Adjectives: Yahweh with characteristic markings

Nouns: Yahweh as constant

Yahweh fully uttered

part 2. Israel's countertestimony. Cross-examining Israel's core testimony

The hiddenness of Yahweh

Ambiguity and the character of Yahweh

Yahweh and negativity

Maintaining the tension

part 3. Israel's unsolicited testimony. Israel's unsolicited testimony

Israel as Yahweh's partner

he human person as Yahweh's partner

The nations as Yahweh's partner

Creation as Yahweh's partner

The drama of partnership with Yahweh

part 4. Israel's embodied testimony. Mediating the presence of Yahweh

The Torah as mediator

The king as mediator

The prophet as mediator

The cult as mediator

Modes of mediation and life with Yahweh

part 5. Prospects for theological interpretation. Interpretation in a pluralistic context

The constitutive power of Israel's testimony

Some pervasive issues

Moving toward true speech