Recognizing the major crisis in biblical theology- namely the inability of the discipline to restate and reapply the authority of the Bible- Walter Kaiser here offers a solution to the unresolved issues of definition and methodology in Old Testament theology. A proper understanding of biblical theology- explains the author- 'shows us an inner center of plan to which each biblical writer consciously and deliberately contributed- however- this inner biblical unity- which biblical theologians traditionally have been loathe to adopt for fear of gratuitously imposing a grid of their own devising over the text- is a center that is inductively supplied and confirmed by the text of Scripture itself. That center is the promise of God.' In Part I of his book- Dr. Kaiser discusses the inherent difficulty in determining the true nature- method- scope- and motivation for Old Testament theology. In Part II- he applies his solutions clearly and methodically by chronologically discussing the Old Testament eras from the Prepatriarchical (Prolegomena to the Promise) to that of the Postexillic (Triumph of the Promise). A special section examines the connections between Old and New Testament theology. 'This textbook is different-' says Dr. Kaiser- 'in that it takes the Bible's own system of organization as the solution to the very issues that have perplexed us the most- while also strictly observing the historical sequence of divine revelation.' Toward an Old Testament Theology includes an annotated bibliography and topical- Scripture- and name indexes.

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