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Reviews
Walter Brueggemann --Columbia Theological Seminary "Methodological and interpretive questions concerning Old Testament theology remain vexing and unresolved. Happily Professor Barth does not linger over these formidable issues and does not permit them to obstruct his address of the substantive issues of Old Testament faith. . . . He gives his energy effectively to the central texts and lets them have their own powerful say. "A main value of this discussion is that Barth mobilizes an enormous number of specific textual references and thereby richly exposits core theological claims. As a result, this book will be a valuable pedagogical resource for study in church and seminary. The presentation is clear, lean, and straightforward. Barth gives Israel's faith a powerful hearing, with directness and without undue complications." Patrick D. Miller --Princeton Theological Seminary "Barth's approach is thoroughly theological, oriented toward the present form of the text rather than a reconstructed history of the text. . . . An immense amount of detailed treatment of individual texts and words is encapsulated in the ongoing discussion, but the reader never loses track of the main theological and story line of the text. If this book is used in Old Testament courses, students who read and absorb it will learn a great deal about the Old Testament and its theological perspectives."