Theology of the Old Testament, Volumes One & Two

by Walther Eichrodt

Publisher:

Westminster

, 1961–1967

Overview

In the first volume, Eichrodt offers a comprehensive profiling of the theology contained in the Old Testament. Eichrodt’s thoroughness and clarity in his writing presents readers with cogent argumentation informed by a critical perspective. Theology of the Old Testament, Volume Two offers a comprehensive profiling of the theology contained in the Old Testament. Also well-known for his commentary on Ezekiel in the same series, Eichrodt’s writing illumines connections between narratives and unifies the Old Testament books under the overarching theological meaning found when these texts are interpreted as a whole.

Contents

Top Highlights

“For in the encounter with the Christ of the Gospels there is the assertion of a mighty living reality as inseparably bound up with the OT past as pointing forward into the future. That which binds together indivisibly the two realms of the Old and New Testaments—different in externals though they may be—is the irruption of the Kingship of God into this world and its establishment here. This is the unitive fact because it rests on the action of one and the same God in each case; that God who in promise and performance, in Gospel and Law, pursues one and the selfsame great purpose, the building of his Kingdom. This is why the central message of the NT leads us back to the testimony of God in the old covenant.” (Volume 1, Page 26)

“unconditioned and sovereign will. To Israel this kind” (Volume 2, Page 10)

“The concept in which Israelite thought gave definitive expression to the binding of the people to God and by means of which they established firmly from the start the particularity of their knowledge of him was the covenant.” (Volume 1, Page 36)

“The deepest meaning of these early traditions taken as a whole is that Israel’s consciousness of election was based on the divine choice of the Fathers.” (Volume 1, Page 49)

“In other words we have to undertake a systematic examination with objective classification and rational arrangement of the varied material.” (Volume 1, Page 27)

Product Details

• Title: Theology of the Old Testament, Volumes One & Two
• Author: Walther Eichrodt
• Series: The Old Testament Library
• Volume: 1 & 2
• Publisher: Westminster
• Print Publication Date: 1961–1967
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. › Theology
• Resource ID: LLS:THEOLOTEICH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:00:49Z

About Walther Eichrodt

Walther Eichrodt (1890 – 1978) was an eminent German Old Testament scholar and Protestant theologian. He received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in 1915 and taught as a professor of Old Testament and History of Religion at the Basel University from 1922 to 1960. His masterwork, the three volume Theologie des Alten Testaments (Theology of the Old Testament) appeared in 1933-1939. In retirement he continued writing academic works until shortly before his death in 1978 in Basel.

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