James L. Crenshaw

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Gerhard Von Rad

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Author: James L. Crenshaw

"It would be difficult to find an Old Testament scholar anywhere who is not indebted to Gerhard von Rad in one way or another," says James Crenshaw. One of the semianl thinkers in the field of Old Testament studies, von Rad did much to erase the distinction between Old Testament introduction and theology, bringing scholorship back to a consideration of the larger text rather than focusing exclusivly on literary sources and isolated texts. He also aimed to bring Old and New Testament together,...