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The philosophical worldview of authors inevitably shapes the work they create. Never is this more true than in the field of biblical theology where unexposed assumptions impact the way scholars read, analyze, and expound the biblical text.
This excellent introduction sets out to make the implicit explicit, exploring the impact of philosophical thought on Old Testament theology’s most influential thinkers. Providing an overview of the discipline’s development, Professor Hanes traces the intellectual and social currents that shaped Old Testament theology from early church history to today. Hanes carefully and systematically uncovers the underlying presuppositions that impacted the methodology of key theologians and the conclusions they ultimately drew. This is an important resource for anyone desiring to grow in their understanding of philosophy, theology, and the intersections between the two.

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	14 novembre 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783687312
Langue	English

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Dr Hanes’s new work in the field of Old Testament theology is a remarkably useful tool for students of biblical studies and theology. It provides a helpful and thorough survey of the main currents in the field helping non-specialists and specialists alike to understand the context and contributions of Old Testament theologians and scholars to understanding the pivot points in the development of Old Testament studies. His work will prove useful to a generation of those serious about the use of Scripture in their academic work.
Trey Dimsdale, JD, MDiv
Director of Program Outreach,
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
I strongly recommend Professor Hanes’s book The Theology of the Hebrew Bible to theological professionals to improve their reading and understanding of Hebrew biblical text, as well as to theological students to learn both to work critically with the biblical text and to approach available biblical interpretative literature with overview and criticism. I am convinced that this publication will increase their interest in the Old Testament because, as the author himself points out, the lack of exegetical processing may be due to the lack of interest in the Old Testament as observed these days.
Sidonia Horňanová, PhD
Associate Professor of Old Testament,
Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty,
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
I commend the book The Theology of the Hebrew Bible with hope that it will fulfill the author’s intended function and help readers to see God’s salvation through the Bible in a new context of Revelation 11:15. I firmly believe that the book will also serve as a useful working tool for interpreting biblical texts to all preachers, evangelists, catechists, chaplains and social workers in Christian institutions.
Ján Liguš, PhD
Professor of Hermeneutics and Systematic Theology,
Hussite Theological Faculty, Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
In a context where not every student of theology is fluent in English and all there is to read on any given topic is what the instructor provides, Hanes’s book serves the clear purpose of providing a very short introduction demonstrating that biblical theology has often been the slave of its proponents’ philosophical convictions. This English translation fills a lacuna for pastors and young theologians, exposing the invisible philosophical underpinnings of modern schools of biblical theology. One could complain about what is not included, or the author’s own biases, but Hanes makes up for those potential shortcomings with a text that is surprisingly concise and clearly written while maintaining an admirable balance between breadth, depth and nuance.

Todd L. Patterson, PhD
Professor of Old Testament,
Department of Theology and Christian Education,
Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Although some might think that accounts of Old Testament theology just give a neutral description of the content of the Old Testament, we must always take into account the worldviews of their authors. With this basic idea in mind, The Theology of the Hebrew Bible gives a short overview of studies in this discipline, from the Early Church (yes even from the New Testament) to the first decade in the twenty-first century, relating it – from an evangelical background – to the philosophical and theological backgrounds of their authors. The fact that this work is short has the advantage of keeping the lines clear without losing itself in details.
G. W. Lorein, PhD
Professor of Old Testament,
Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium

The Theology of the Hebrew Bible
An Introduction
Pavel Hanes

© 2019 Pavel Hanes
Published 2019 by Langham Global Library
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The book was published with the support of the project “The Evangelical Theology of the Old Testament” no. 06/2017/OPS-15.
Translator: Peter Málik, MPhil, PhD.
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Contents

Cover

Preface

1 An Introduction to the Subject

The Term “Theology of the Old Testament”

Theology of the Tanakh and the Old Testament

Tanakh and the History of Israel

2 From the Beginnings of the Church until the Early Modern Period

Theology of the Tanakh and the Early Church

Hebrew Bible and the Medieval Period

Hebrew Bible and the Reformation

Pietism: Christology Interpretation

Calvinism: Federal Theology

3 Old Testament Theology as a Scientific Discipline

Rationalist Origins

The Rise of Romanticism

Hegelian Evolutionism

Empiricism in Biblical Theology

Conservative and Mediating Theology in the Nineteenth Century

Theology of Salvation History (Heilsgeschichte)

Conclusion

4 Theology of the Tanakh in the Twentieth Century

The “Golden Age” of Old Testament Theology

Theology of the Tanakh after World War II

Conclusion

5 Some More Recent Works of Conservative Theology of the Tanakh

6 Conclusion

Bibliography

About Langham Partnership

Endnotes

Index
Preface
In his Systematic Theology , Paul Tillich states that “methodological imperialism is as dangerous as political imperialism.” [1] The theological method that he follows is, in his view, implied in the very human existence concerning which God provides answers. Systematic theology, therefore, utilizes the method of correlation, such that “it makes an analysis of the human situation out of which the existential questions arise, and it demonstrates that the symbols used in the Christian message are the answers to these questions.” [2] Theology is thus limited to questions posed by every human being.
In contrast to this is the view that, without the revelation of God, no human being is able to recognize their real existential problem and hence ask the right question. Evangelical author Oswald Chambers , for instance, asserts that the gospel of Christ creates needs within people of which they are unaware without the gospel itself and which come about only under the influence of the proclaimed word of God. [3]
This conflict may be one of the main differences between critical philosophical theology on the one hand and evangelical theology on the other. For our purposes, however, it is important to note Tillich ’s methodological link between theological thought and philosophical analysis of human existence. This correlation, which Tillich worked out methodologically and applied to systematic theology, is to some extent present in every theological work – whether one likes it or not. Karl Barth goes as far as to argue that not to mix the gospel with philosophy is akin to being free from the bondage of sin. [4] The presence of thus “correlated” philosophy in theology is a very interesting and important determining factor of theological thought.
One should note, however, that, in biblical theology, this (greater or lesser) dependence on philosophy is mostly present only by implication. In other words, it is not to be expected that authors would depict their worldview in the opening pages of their works, let alone list the philosophers or thinkers who inspi