From timeless ideas to the essence of religion : method in Old Testament theology before 1930 / Ben C. Ollenburger -- The history of Israelite-Jewish religion and Old Testament theology / Otto Eissfeldt -- Does Old Testament theology still have independent significance within Old Testament scholarship? / Walther Eichrodt -- The multicolored landscape of Old Testament theology / Elmer A. Martens -- Covenant / Walther Eichrodt -- The nature of the knowledge of God / Theodorus C. Vriezen -- God the warrior / George Ernest Wright -- Eighth-century prophecy / Gerhard von Rad -- The Spirit and the word / Edmond Jacob -- Cult / John L. MacKenzie -- Life before God / Walther Zimmerli -- Law and promise / Ronald E. Clements -- Promise / Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. --Presence in absence / Samuel Lucien Terrien -- God's judgment and God's mercy / Claus Westermann -- Land and lifestyle / Elmer A. Martens -- Canon / Brevard S. Childs -- The community of faith / Paul D. Hanson. The future of Old Testament theology : prospects and trends / Gerhard F. Hasel -- Tradition history / Hartmut Gese -- A shape for Old Testament theology / Walter Brueggemann -- Creation and covenant / Jon D. Levenson -- Overture for a feminist biblical theology / Phyllis Trible -- Systematic Old Testament theology / Rolf Knierim -- An oration on the proper distinction between biblical and dogmatic theology and the specific objectives of each / Johann P. Gabler.