Religionsgeschichte Israels oder Theologie des Alten Testaments

Text in German. Religious history of Israel or theology of the Old Testament - is that an irreconcilable alternative? The answer to this question has far-reaching consequences for Old Testament science as well as for theology as a whole. In this yearbook the controversial questions are discussed and the different points of view are critically compared. It becomes clear: Wrong alternatives do not help. The historical inquiry is necessary, the question of the historicity of the biblical belief in God must be asked. Nevertheless, the religious history of Israel cannot replace the theology of the Old Testament without decisively relativizing the binding nature of the biblical belief in God.