"Originally published 2004 in Germany as part of the Forschungen zum Alten Testament series by Mohr Siebeck T bingen" -- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Commandments -- The place of the decalogue in the Old Testament and its law -- The sufficiency and insufficiency of the Commandments -- Metaphors for the moral -- The good neighborhood : identity and community through the Commandments -- The story of the first commandment : the book of Exodus -- The story of the first commandment : the book of Joshua -- The Psalms as a meditation on the first commandment -- The Commandments in the reformed perspective -- "That it may go well with you" : the Commandments and the common good -- The Psalms -- The ruler in Zion and the hope of the poor : Psalms 9-10 in the context of the psalter -- The poetry of creation : Psalm 104 -- The hermeneutics of imprecation -- Prayer and worship -- The psalter as a book of theology -- What is a human being? the anthropology of the psalter I -- The sinful and trusting creature : the anthropology of the psalter II -- Old Testament theology -- Constitution or instruction? the purpose of Deuteronomy -- "Slow to anger" : the God of the prophets -- What the Scriptures principally teach -- Theology from below : the theological interpretation of Scripture -- Man and woman : towards a theological anthropology.