Reconstructing Old Testament Theology

Editor’s Foreword
Abbreviations
Preface
1.The Present Status Of Old Testament Theology
Introduction
Reasons For The Collapse Of History
After The Collapse Of History
New Approaches: The Fundamental Assumptions
Description Of The Present Task
2.From History As Event To The History Of Religion: Religionsgeschichte And Biblical Theology
Introduction
The History Of Religion And/or Biblical Theology?
The Theology Of Jeremiah And The History Of Religion
Evaluation
3.From Eurocentric History To Voices From The Margins: Liberation Theology And Ethnic Biblical Interpretation
Introduction
Liberation Theology In Latin America
Segovia’s Theology Of The Diaspora
African American Theology And Biblical Interpretation
Jeremiah And A Theology Of The Diaspora
Jeremiah And African American Biblical Theology
Evaluation
4.From Exclusion To Inclusion: Feminist Interpretations Of History
Introduction
Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
Discovering Eve: Carol Meyer’s Feminist Social History Of Ancient Israel
A Critical Feminist Liberationist Interpretation Of The Book Of Jeremiah
Evaluation
5.From History To Rhetoric: Feminist, Mujerista, And Womanist Theologies
Introduction
Feminist Literary Critics And Biblical Interpretation
Feminist Metaphorical Theology: Sallie McFague
Recapturing The Language Of Zion: Rhetorical Criticism And Feminist Hermeneutics
Womanist Biblical Interpretation
Mujerista Biblical Interpretation
Evaluation
6.From Jewish Tradition To Biblical Theology: The Tanakh As A Source For Jewish Theology And Practice
Introduction
Jews Who Do Biblical Theology
From Traditum To Traditio: Michael Fishbane
Exegetical Imagination: Midrashic And Mythopoeic Images
The Myth Of The Return To Chaos In Jeremiah
Conclusion
7.From History To Cultural Context: Postmodernism
Postmodernism: Tenets And Theorists
Postmodernism And Biblical Interpretation
Postmodernism, Biblical Theology, And Jeremiash: Walter Brueggemann
The Value And Limits Of Postmodernism
8.From The Colonial Bible To The Postcolonial Text: Biblical Theology As Contextual
Postcolonialism
The Stages Of Postcolonialism And Its Impact On Subaltern Religion
Characteristics Of Subaltern Writings And Readings In Religion And Theology
Voices From The Third World: Male And Female
Postcolonial Biblical Theology In Geographical Settings: The Case Of Senegal
A Second Example Of Postcolonial Biblical Theology: India And Dalit Theology
A Postcolonial Interperation Of The T

Additional Info
In this informative and keen look at contemporary trends in Old Testament theology, Perdue builds on his earlier volume The Collapse of History (1994). He investigates how a variety of perspectives and methodologies have impacted how the Old Testament is read in the twenty-first century including: literary criticism; rhetorical criticism, feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies, liberation theology; Jewish theology; postmodernism; and postcolonialism.

Perdue provides a sensitive reading of the aims of these approaches as well as providing critique and setting them in their various cultural contexts. In his conclusion, the author provides a look at the future and how these various voices and approaches will continue to impact how we carry out Old Testament theology.