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Von Rad argued that the events of the OT are based on historical events, but the final draft of the OT conveys the events which fit the needs of a new generation. He instead emphasized the dynamic nature of the Israelite faith. When Gerhard von Rad his OTT in the 1960s, he rejected Eichrodt’s views on a systematic OTT and one central theme in the theology of the OT. He picked themes that, he thought, came up naturally in the OT, i.e. He saw other themes as well, but this was the core of the OT. The theme he saw was the Sinaitic Covenant. Eichrodt thought that the OT must be read in the way that the ancient Israelites would have, but there is one theme that acts as a “glue” that keeps all the theology together. His approach was similar to Gabler’s in that they both looked for the historical context of the books, but differed by systematizing it. Walther Eichrodt wrote his two volume OTT, published in 1933. This was a new way to look at the OT, as Robyn Routledge wrote in Old Testament Theology, “The OT was not written as a theological document, and a systematic approach necessarily involves imposing an alien order and structure on it.” Gabler began to study the OT in a critical sense looking at how the theology of ancient Israel would have been reflected in the OT books. Until then the OT was viewed in a systematic sense and only in relationship to New Testament (NT) understanding. It was not until 1787 that Johann Philipp Gabler made a distinction between dogmatic and biblical theology. But a history-of-religions approach to OT theology soon met the obstacle of deciphering exactly when specific theological concepts developed and re-emerged. The earliest investigations of OT theology (OTT) started in recognition of the changing social, political, and religious conditions in which the various OT books were written. The very name "Old Testament" theology designates it as a particularly Christian enterprise the conversation with Jewish scholars has been limited. The discipline of Old Testament (OT) theology is a rather recent development, barely going back further than the beginning of the nineteenth century.