Contents:
1. Introduction - Narrative and theology, Diversity and unity in Old Testament theology, Biblical theology of the Old Testament
2. God - The God Yhwh, Yhwh's aides and representatives and rivals, Yhwh's Lordship, Yhwh's wisdom and word, Yhwh's presence, Yhwh's love, Yhwh's hostility, Two sides to Yhwh's person and activity, The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
3. Israel - Yhwh's family, Yhwh's covenant people, Yhwh's chosen, Yhwh's kingdom, Yhwh's servant, Yhwh's disciple, Yhwh's home, Israel and the church
4. The nightmare - Faithlessness, The consequences, Can the nightmare be forestalled?, Is the nightmare the end?, The church and the nightmare
5. The vision - hope and its bases, transforming the people, Israel's response, Renewing the people, Renewing the land, Renewing the city, Renewing the monarchy, Renewing the priesthood, Is the vision the end?, Promises confirmed
6. Humanity - In relationship with God, Community, The family, The person, Responsibility, Wisdom, How life works, How life does not work, Death, Human life in Christ
7. The world - God's world, The heavens and the earth, God's ongoing activity in the world, The ambiguity of life in the world, The world brought to its destiny through Christ
8. The nations - Belonging to Yhwh, Acknowledging Yhwh's people, The superpower and its failure, Ordinary nations, The world of nations devastated, Hope for the nations, All nations will come and worship