The best examples of recent writings about Old Testament spirituality tend to be of two kinds: books bringing the results of biblical research to the attention of readers interested in spirituality; and histories of spirituality which include a section on the Bible. Plainly, the impetus to study Old Testament spirituality comes from outside the field of biblical studies itself, which generally ignores the topic. As a result, biblical specialists wishing either to open the Old Testament to readers interested in spirituality or to provide materials for a section on the Bible in a history of spirituality receive no clear guidance on how it differs from Old Testament theology or the religion of ancient Israel. No one, to my knowledge, has addressed in other than the most cursory fashion the question of spirituality as an object of Old Testament research.