Up to date, no comprehensive biblical theology in which the concept of life is traced throughout the different books and corpora of the Old and New Testament has been published. It is this lacuna that the current publication aims to fill. This volume traces the concept of life in the Old Testament, while the subsequent volume does the same for the New Testament. The primary aim of this publication is to give an indication of the different nuances of the concept of life in the various books and corpora of the Old Testament by providing the reader with a book-by-book overview of the concept of life. In the OER the two editors give an overview of the book, its origin and findings.