Old Testament Theology

volume one

Israel’s Gospel

John Goldingay

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are the author’s own translation.

Cover design: Cindy Kiple

Cover image: Réunion des Museés Nationaux/Art Resource, NY

USA ISBN-10: 0-8308-2561-4

USA ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2561-5

UK ISBN-10: 1-84227-496-1

UK ISBN-13: 978-1-84227-496-5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Goldingay, John.

Israel’s Gospel/John Goldingay.

p. cm.—(Old Testament theology)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8308-2561-4 (cloth: alk. paper)

1. Bible. O.T.—Criticism, Narrative. 2. Narration in the bible.

l.

Title.

BS1182.3.G65 2003

2003013828

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

1 Introduction Old Testament Theology as Narrative

1.1 Theology

1.2 Old Testament Theology

1.3 Old Testament Gospel

1.4 Old Testament Story

2 God Began Creation

2.1 God Thought

2.2 God Spoke

2.3 God Birthed

2.4 God Prevailed

2.5 God Created

2.6 God Built

2.7 God Arranged

2.8 God Shaped

2.9 God Delegated

2.10 God Planted

2.11 God Relaxed

3 God Started Over From Eden to Babel

3.1 Disobedience and Discovery

3.2 Expulsion and Loss

3.3 Violence and Curse

3.4 Fall and Ruin

3.5 Grace and Exemption

3.6 Realism and Pledging

3.7 Abuse and Strife

4 God Promised Israel’s Ancestors

4.1 God’s Charge and God’s Promises

4.2 God’s Blessings: Nationhood and Land

4.3 Being a Blessing

4.4 Abraham’s God and Other Peoples

4.5 Promise and Fulfillment

4.6 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

4.7 God Who Acts

4.8 Relating to God

4.9 Marriage and Parenthood

4.10 Family Life

5 God Delivered The Exodus

5.1 God Who Creates and Delivers

5.2 God Who Remembers

5.3 God Who Works via People

5.4 God Who Does Signs and Wonders

5.5 God Who Insists

5.6 God Who Reigns

5.7 How God Is Revealed

5.8 How God Relates to Foreign Peoples

5.9 How God’s Resolve Relates to Human Resolve

5.10 How God’s Act Relates to the Future

6 God Sealed Sinai

6.1 Yhwh’s Covenant

6.2 Yhwh’s ...