Table of Contents

• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Biblical Theology
• 1. The Old Testament as Abiding Theological Witness: Inscripting a Theological Curriculum
• 2. God as Other, God as Holy: Election and Disclosure in Christian Scripture
• 3. The Historical Critical Endeavor as Theology: The Legacy of Gerhard von Rad
• 4. ""And without God in the World"": A Hermeneutic of Estrangement Overcome
• 5. ""In Accordance with the Scriptures"": Creed, Scripture, and ""Historical Jesus""
• 6. Old Testament or Hebrew Bible?: Some Theological Considerations
• 7. The Changing Face of Old Testament Studies
• 8. Biblical Authority in the Late Twentieth Century: The Baltimore Declaration, Scripture Reason Tradition, and the Canonical Approach
• 9. ""We Are Not Prophets or Apostles"": The Biblical Theology of B. S. Childs
• Exegesis
• 10. Isaiah and the Search for a New Paradigm: Authorship and Inspiration
• 11. Isaiah and Lamentations: The Suffering and Afflicted Zion
• 12. Royal Promises in the Canonical Books of Isaiah and the Psalms
• 13. How Is the Prophet Isaiah Present in the Latter Half of the Book? The Logic of Isaiah 40 66 within the Book of Isaiah
• 14. Isaiah in Parish Bible Study: The Question of the Place of the Reader in Biblical Texts
• 15. Isaiah in New Testament, Lectionary, Pulpit
• 16. The Call of Moses and the ""Revelation"" of the Divine Name: Source Critical Logic and Its Legacy
• Practice
• 17. The Divine Name in Christian Scripture
• 18. Human Sexuality Viewed from the Bible's Understanding of the Human Condition
• 19. The City in Christian Scripture
• 20. Reader Competence and the Offense of Biblical Language: The Limitations of So Called Inclusive Language
• 21. The Lectionary as Theological Construction
• 22. Sexuality and Scripture's Plain Sense: The Christian Community and the Law of God
• Conclusion
• Index of Authors
• Index of Scripture References

About the Author

Christopher R. Seitz (Ph.D. Yale) is Professor of Old Testament and Theological Studies, University of Saint Andrew: Scotland. He is the author editor of eight books, including Figured Out: Typology and Providence and Christian Scripture (2001) and Nicene Christianity: The Future for a New Ecumenism (2001).

Reviews

(Seitz) urges a recover of nerve in the theological interpretation and shows us what that means. . . . A rare gift. - Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary