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Passion for God: a Center in Biblical Theology

Passion for God: a Center in Biblical Theology 1 PASSION FOR GOD: A CENTER IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY DAVID M. CARR Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 10027 Methodological Introduction Particularly since the 1930's, there has been a lively debate about . "the" center of biblical theology. There was Eichrodt's forceful presenta- tion of "covenant" as center in 1933 and the subsequent editions of his influential Theologie des Alten Testaments.' Subsequently a number of scholars have proposed other centers, such as Sellin's "holiness of God," " K6hler' God as LORD, Wildberger's "election of Israel" (and Preuss' similar recent proposal), Klein and Bright's "kingdom of God" (along with Knierim's similar: "God's universal rule in justice and righteousness"), Vriezen's "communion with God," Terrien's "reality of the presence of God," etc. Others attempted to encompass more material with dual con- cepts, like Fohrer's "rule of God and communion with humanity" or Smend's revival of Wellhausen's formulation, "YHWH the God of Israel, Israel the people of YHWH." Still others have found the center in a . particular text, such as Schmidt's endorsement of the first command as the center of the Old Testament, Zimmerli's proposal of the holiness refrain "I am YHWH," Herrmann's proposal of the book of Deuteronomy, and Kaiser's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Horizons in Biblical Theology Brill

Passion for God: a Center in Biblical Theology

Carr, David M.
Horizons in Biblical Theology , Volume 23 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 2001
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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1 PASSION FOR GOD: A CENTER IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY DAVID M. CARR Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 10027 Methodological Introduction Particularly since the 1930's, there has been a lively debate about . "the" center of biblical theology. There was Eichrodt's forceful presenta- tion of "covenant" as center in 1933 and the subsequent editions of his influential Theologie des Alten Testaments.' Subsequently a number of scholars have proposed other centers, such as Sellin's "holiness of God," " K6hler' God as LORD, Wildberger's "election of Israel" (and Preuss' similar recent proposal), Klein and Bright's "kingdom of God" (along with Knierim's similar: "God's universal rule in justice and righteousness"), Vriezen's "communion with God," Terrien's "reality of the presence of God," etc. Others attempted to encompass more material with dual con- cepts, like Fohrer's "rule of God and communion with humanity" or Smend's revival of Wellhausen's formulation, "YHWH the God of Israel, Israel the people of YHWH." Still others have found the center in a . particular text, such as Schmidt's endorsement of the first command as the center of the Old Testament, Zimmerli's proposal of the holiness refrain "I am YHWH," Herrmann's proposal of the book of Deuteronomy, and Kaiser's

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