Ahavah – Die Liebe Gottes im Alten Testament

Ursprunge, Transformationen und Wirkungen

edited by Manfred Oeming

Book cover: Ahavah – Die Liebe Gottes im Alten Testament

Extent: 432 pages

Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte

Series volume number: 55

Language: German

Hardback (Out of print)

(January 2018)

ISBN: 9783374053544

Price: $49.00

Out of stock

The popular contrasting juxtaposition of the God of Wrath and Violence in the Old Testament, and the God of Love in the New Testament, is extensively investigated in this volume. 16 contributions investigate scientifically the texts in the Old Testament, from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus to the Psalms, from the prophets to the Song of songs, and show how deeply the actions and emotions of God towards man and man’s action against God and the fellow human beings are influenced by of ahavah = love.


The popular contrasting juxtaposition of the God of Wrath and Violence in the Old Testament, and the God of Love in the New Testament, is extensively investigated in this volume. 16 contributions investigate scientifically the texts in the Old Testament, from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus to the Psalms, from the prophets to the Song of songs, and show how deeply the actions and emotions of God towards man and man’s action against God and the fellow human beings are influenced by of ahavah = love. 4 New Testament papers (on the Sermon on the mount, the gospel of John, 1 Cor 13 and Hebr 12) reveal a deep structural analogy of Old Testament and New Testament, whose present relevance is shown in contributions about social work and preaching. The love of God is at the center of the theology of the Old Testament.

  • Edited by Manfred Oeming