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Old Testament Theology provides a foundational tool for a theological reading of the Old Testament. In the book’s central chapters, John Kessler delineates six differing representations of the divine-human relationship, with special emphasis on the kind of response each one evokes from the people of God. He traces these representations through the Old Testament into the New Testament, and he...

Over several years the new course took shape. The survey of the Pentateuch took less space, and the time devoted to exploring the OT’s major theological streams increased. Finally the latter displaced the former. Through a discussion of six theological streams (Sinai Covenant Theology, Promise Theology, Priestly Theology, the Theology of Divine Accessibility, Creation Theology, and Wisdom Theology),7 I was able to provide a panoramic view of the OT. Students expressed their appreciation for the material
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