Contours of Old Testament Theology

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C O N T O U R S OF O L D TESTAMENT THEOLOGY Bernhard W Anderson with the assistance oj Steven Bishop Fortress Press Minneapolis CONTOURS OF OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY First Fortress Press paperback edition 2011 Copyright © 1999 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www. augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Cover design: Brad Norr Design Interior design: Peregrine Graphics Services Figure 3 on page 82 is reprinted from Understanding the Old Testament (4th ed., abridged) by B. W. Anderson, © 1998, by permission of Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, N.J. Scripture quotations are from the following translations: The New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches. Used by permission. The New International Version of the Holy Bible, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of the Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. The "NIV" and "New International Version" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by the International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of the International Bible Society. The New English Bible, copyright © 1961, 1970 by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press. Reprinted by permission. The Newjerusalem Bible, copyright© 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Reprinted by permission. The TANAKH: The New Jewish Publication Society Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text, copyright © 1985 by the Jewish Publication Sociery. Used by permission. The Revised English Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses. Used by permission. ISBN 978-0-8006-9834-8 The Library of Congress cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Anderson, Bernhard W. The contours of Old Testament theology / Bernhard W. Anderson ; with the assistance of Steven Bishop, p. cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8006-3074-2 (alk. paper) 1. Bible. O.T.—Theology. I. Bishop, Steven. II. Title. BS1192.5.A53 1999 230'.04ll—dc21 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofAmerican National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. To George Ernest Wright Colleague in Biblical Archaeology and Biblical Theology ...