For decades two Old Testament scholars, Walter, Brueggemann and Brevard Childs, charted conflicting paths for understanding the nature of Old Testament theology. For Brueggemann, the Old Testament is an invitation to explore the rich pluralism and diversity of Israel's testimony of faith in Yahweh, the central figure of the Old Testament. This faith was expressed in a core testimony of nouns, verbs, and adjectives that characterized God. But Brueggemann also sees a counter-testimony, which quarrels with and puts the core testimony to the test. For Childs, the Old Testament is an invitation to consider the deep unity and coherence of Israel's faith as found in the canon. Childs explores the sweeping canonical role of each, of the individual canonical witnesses to discover a symphony of concord. Here, in one place, the contrasting positions of Brueggemann and Childs are presented for side-by-side comparison.