Gerhard von Rad | July 2008 INTERPRETATION Volume 62 Number 3

The current (July 2008) issue of INTERPRETATION: a Journal of Bible and Theology is dedicated to Gerhard von Rad.

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Gerhard von Rad

Without doubt, Gerhard von Rad is one of the most important and most influential OT scholars of the twentieth century. “His lectures in Göttingen and Heidelberg were pilgrim sites—there was something magical about his spoken and written word that was able to touch many.”1 This is how Rudolf Smend describes von Rad’s impact on his contemporaries. I would like to expand this picture by adding one element: Gerhard von Rad’s incredible charisma was also based on the fact that he was a man of the church. In the following, I would like to highlight three aspects of what I mean when I refer to von Rad as a “theologian of the church.”

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In This Issue

GERHARD von RAD AS A THEOLOGIAN OF THE CHURCH• MANFRED OEMING

READING THE BIBLE IN NAZI GERMANY: GERHARD von RAD'S ATTEMPT TO RECLAIM THE OLD TESTAMENT FOR THE CHURCH• BERNARD LEVINSON

THEOLOGY AS WITNESS: GERHARD von RAD’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY• ANDREAS SCHUELE

ABRAHAM'S SACRIFICE: GERHARD von RAD’S INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 22• KONRAD SCHMID

ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PREACHING IN THE THEOLOGY AND WORK OF GERHARD von RAD• MARTIN HAUGER

SERMON ON LUKE 24:13–35 BY GERHARD von RAD• Introduction by MARTIN HAUGER

Gerhard von Rad | July 2008 INTERPRETATION Volume 62 Number 3