Norman Porteous: Germany and Scotland

Abstract

Porteous’ place as a leading proponent of Old Testament Theology can be traced back to the years he spent studying in Germany during the seminal period of the subject. This paper gives an account of his interaction with German biblical theology. It considers how he squared his early Barthianism with his later interest in the work of British theologians such as H. Wheeler Robinson. Also considered are his oppostion to Vischer; his engagement with Eichrodt and the question of normativity; his relation to von Rad and Heilsgeschichte and the subsequent crisis which caused him to reconsider much of his existing work. James Barr also gives an account of his own interaction with Porteous during a crisis point in his own career.

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