OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY IN OUTLINE by Walther Zimmerli deals with the most important narrative complexes of the Old Tes tament and leads readers to bring together in their own minds the diverse statements the Old Testament makes about God, who wishes to be known not as a manifold God but as the one Yah weh. This presentation of Old Testament theology is based on the Hebrew-Aramaic canon. This book is divided into five chapters which are as follows: Fundamentals The Gifts Bestowed by Yahweh Yahweh's Commandment Life Before God Crisis and Hope