Worship In Ancient Israel - The Essential Guide

Informationen zum Autor Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He is past President of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books, including Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience, Praying the Psalms, A Pathway of Interpretation, and Ichabod toward Home. Klappentext In an engaging style characteristic of Walter Brueggemann, this Essential Guide describes the leading motifs of ancient Israel's worship traditions in the Old Testament. The author guides readers through the themes, central texts, prayers, festivals, and practices of that worship. He sees throughout the Old Testament a central emphasis on worship as covenantal gesture and utterance by the community in the presence of God. In addition to being an essential guide to this subject, this book is intended to be in the service of current theological and practical issues concerning worship of the church in its ecumenical character.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Brueggemann
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2005
• EAN: 9780687343362
• ISBN: 978-0-687-34336-2
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Essential Guide; Essential Guide
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity