A Social Reading of the Old Testament - Prophetic Approaches to Israel's Communnal Life

Informationen zum Autor Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian of today. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology. Klappentext In this book Walter Brueggemann raises a variety of contemporary and intriguing questions on the relation of society and text in the Old Testament, among them-the hidden agendas that underlie the making and reading of Scripture the conflictual tension in ancient Israel the cry to God of the oppressed and God's response the political dimension of mercy theodicy, violence, horses, and chariots Brueggemann opens to a variety of readers a compelling picture of subversive paradigm and social possibility in the Hebrew Bible. Inhaltsverzeichnis IN

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• Authors: Walter Brueggemann, Walter/ Miller Brueggemann
• Assisted by: Patrick D Miller (Editor), Patrick D. Miller (Editor), Patrick D. Jr. Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1994
• EAN: 9780800627348
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-2734-8
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism