Title: Interpreting the Old Testament /
Authors: Stolz, Fritz.
Publisher: S.C.M. Press,
Year: 1975
Subjects: Bible. Study and teaching Textbooks.
Contents: I. The Old Testament writers : 1. The background : Understanding scripture before the Enlightenment ; The claims of reason ; Interest in the Pentateuch ; Understanding the Pentateuch: problems and attempted solutions ; Literary criticism and the history of Israel ; Julius Wellhausen -- 2. Problems of literary criticism in the Pentateuch : The literary character of the priestly writing (P) ; The literary character of Deuteronomy ; The literary character of the early sources ; The Elohist ; Yahwist and Yahwists ; Placing the early Pentateuchal sources ; J and E -- some conclusions -- 3. Literary criticism in the prophetic books : The starting point ; 'Authenticity' ; Amos ; The literary transmission of the prophetic sayings -- II. Old Testament literature and the community : 1. The background : Empirically based fields of study ; Ancient oriental archaeology ; The history of religions school ; Hermann Gunkel -- 2. Narrative genres : The saga ; Genres absent from the Old Testament ; The transition to writing -- 3. Genres of cultic poetry : Individual psalms ; Community psalms ; Royal psalms ; psalms for special festivals ; The departure from unified genres -- 4. Genres of law : Casuistic law ; Apodictic law ; Priestly instruction -- 5. Genres of wisdom : Old Testament terms ; Simple and extended forms ; The aims of wisdom discourse ; The upholders of wisdom in ancient Israel: Israelite and non-Israelite wisdom -- 6. Genres of prophecy : The diatribe (reproach) and the threat ; Prophecies of salvation (promise) ; Borrowed genres ; Prophetic experience, speech and action