Introduction: Preliminary Considerations
You can grab a PDF of the handout from the first class here.
If you missed it, or want to think further about some of those issues, you can have a look at this helpful article* by Elmer Martens, one of the editors of the volume The Flowering of Old Testament Theology (on reserve).
* E.A. Martens, “The Flowering and Floundering of Old Testament Theology”, Direction 26/2 (1997), pp. 61-79.