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The Role of Theological Imagination in Biblical Theology

The Role of Theological Imagination in Biblical Theology 73 THE ROLE OF THEOLOGICAL IMAGINATION IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY Arthur W. Walker-Jones Just over two centuries have passed since J. P. Gabler proposed that biblical theology should be an independent discipline, separate from dogmatic theology. Yet biblical theologians are still far from agree- ing on the object and method of their field. In this confusing state of affairs, a functional description may provide a fresh approach to these issues. David Kelsey has already provided such a functional descrip- tion of the way theologians use scripture to authorize theological proposals. In his book The Uses of Scripture in Recent Theol- ogy,' Kelsey presents certain theologically neutral questions that illu- mine the use of scripture in different theological proposals. In order to develop a functional description of biblical theology, I will use Kel- ' sey's questions to investigate the methodological statements of three biblical theologians-Gabler, Eichrodt and von Rad. These three were chosen because each is a transitional figure in the history of the dis- cipline. The selection is by no means exhaustive of all the possible methodological options, but to go farther would be beyond my capa- bilities and an unwieldy undertaking in a paper of this length. Neverthe- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Horizons in Biblical Theology Brill

The Role of Theological Imagination in Biblical Theology

Walker-Jones, Arthur W.
Horizons in Biblical Theology , Volume 11 (1): 73 – Jan 1, 1989
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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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73 THE ROLE OF THEOLOGICAL IMAGINATION IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY Arthur W. Walker-Jones Just over two centuries have passed since J. P. Gabler proposed that biblical theology should be an independent discipline, separate from dogmatic theology. Yet biblical theologians are still far from agree- ing on the object and method of their field. In this confusing state of affairs, a functional description may provide a fresh approach to these issues. David Kelsey has already provided such a functional descrip- tion of the way theologians use scripture to authorize theological proposals. In his book The Uses of Scripture in Recent Theol- ogy,' Kelsey presents certain theologically neutral questions that illu- mine the use of scripture in different theological proposals. In order to develop a functional description of biblical theology, I will use Kel- ' sey's questions to investigate the methodological statements of three biblical theologians-Gabler, Eichrodt and von Rad. These three were chosen because each is a transitional figure in the history of the dis- cipline. The selection is by no means exhaustive of all the possible methodological options, but to go farther would be beyond my capa- bilities and an unwieldy undertaking in a paper of this length. Neverthe-

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