A Social Reading of the Old Testament - Couverture souple

Brueggemann, Walter

 
9780800627348: A Social Reading of the Old Testament

Synopsis

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 themthe 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology.

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