Forecast: Given Brueggemann's stature in Old Testament scholarship and the fresh perspectives of this work, his introduction is likely to become a standard text in seminaries and theological schools.

This is Lecture 4 in our Yale University course in Old Testament studies. If you are new to this course, you are very welcome. The plan is that we watch, read or listen to each lecture then discuss ...

The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the language of ...