Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677): Modernity's changing tide and the dislocation of Scripture from Revelation
W.M.L. de Wette (1780-1849): history becomes religion
Julius Wellhausen (1844-1918): Israel's history and literary sources
Herman Gunkel (1862-1932): the search for Israel's religious expression
Gerhard von Rad (1901-1971): the Old Testament's living traditions
William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971): digging deeply into Israel's history
Brevard S. Childs (1923-2007): confessional and critical
Conclusion: more a postscript than conclusion.
