Rolf Rendtorff – författare

God's covenant with Israel is one of the most important themes of Old Testament scholarship: 'I will be your God, you shall be my people'. Yet this has only rarely been the focus of a comprehensive study.Professor Rendtorff explores the different ways the covenant formula is used in the Bible, its structural and theological functions, the connections between covenant and election.An important contribution to a canonical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible.

Rolf Rendtorff is interested above all in the process by which the Pentateuch reached the form in which it now lies before us. He concludes that the classic Documentary Hypothesis has been tried in the fire and found wanting, and traces briefly the scholarly path that led him to this conclusion. His approach has been met with strong disagreement, cautious agreement, and, in some quarters, relief and readiness to look for other ways than that of the documentary hypothesis to explain the formation of the Pentateuch. It is certain, however, that scholars of the Pentateuch cannot ignore Rendtorff’s important volume.

Rolf Rendtorff is interested above all in the process by which the Pentateuch reached the form in which it now lies before us. He concludes that the classic Documentary Hypothesis has been tried in the fire and found wanting, and traces briefly the scholarly path that led him to this conclusion. His approach has been met with strong disagreement, cautious agreement, and, in some quarters, relief and readiness to look for other ways than that of the documentary hypothesis to explain the formation of the Pentateuch. It is certain, however, that scholars of the Pentateuch cannot ignore Rendtorff''s important volume.

Dieser wegweisende Entwurf einer Theologie des Alten Testaments nimmt in Band 1 Einsichten der modernen kritischen Bibelwissenschaft auf, lässt aber stets der Bibel als grundlegender Urkunde unseres Glaubens in seiner Endgestalt das letzte Wort. Der zweite Band unternimmt eine Zusammenschau der Vielzahl und Vielfalt der Stimmen, die im ersten Band aus den Texten des Alten Testaments hörbar geworden sind. Dabei orientiert sich die Darstellung an Themen, die sie sich vom ersten Band vorgeben lässt. Diese spannen einen weiten Bogen von „Die Welt als Gottes Schöpfung“ bis zu „Was erwartet Israel von der Zukunft“. Der abschließende Teil des Buches enthält methodologische Überlegungen zur Frage der „kanonischen“ Auslegung sowie über Jüdische und christliche Theologie der Hebräischen Bibel / des Alten Testaments.

This volume examines the formation, final form, themes, and interpretation of the Book of Leviticus. Contributors include well-known experts on Leviticus: Baruch Levine, Jacob Milgrom, Graeme Auld, Andreas Ruwe, and James Watts address Leviticus in its compositional and literary context; Alfred Marx, Mary Douglas, Walter Houston, and Adrian Schenker treat issues of cult and sacrifice; and Rene Peter-Contesse, Lester Grabbe, and Calum Carmichael discuss Leviticus on the priesthood. A groundbreaking section on Leviticus in translation and interpretation includes essays by Sarianna Metso and Eugene Ulrich, Martin McNamara, David Lane, Peter Flint, Robert Kugler, Bruce Chilton, Hannah Harrington, Gerhard Bodendorfer, Linda Schearing, and Judith Romney Wegner. These essays will serve students of Leviticus well for long time to come.