Truth Speaks to Power - The Countercultural Nature of Scripture

Informationen zum Autor Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He has published widely on the Old Testament as well as contemporary hermeneutical reflections, including, from Cascade Books: David and His Theologian (2011), A Pathway of Interpretation (2008), Embracing the Transformation (2014), The Practice of Homefulness (2014), Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience (2011), Virus as a Summons to Faith (2020), A Wilderness Zone (2021), and Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair (2022). Klappentext World-renowned biblical interpreter Walter Brueggemann invites readers to take a closer look at the subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that the Bible presents a "sustained contestation" over truth, in which established institutions of power do not always prevail. But this is not always obvious at first glance. A closer look reveals that the text actually contradicts the apparent meaning of an innocent, face-value reading. Brueggemann invites the reader into this thick complexity of the textual reading, where the authority of power is undermined in cunning and compelling ways. He insists that we are--as readers and interpreters--always contestants for truth, whether we recognize ourselves as such or not.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Brueggemann
• Publisher: Presbyterian publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2013
• EAN: 9780664239145
• ISBN: 978-0-664-23914-5
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; christliches Leben und christliche Praxis, RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues, Religion - Biblical Studies, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament