An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition: The Canon and Christian ImaginationWestminster John Knox Press, 2021 M01 5 - 512 pages In this updated edition of the popular textbook An Introduction to the Old Testament, Walter Brueggemann and Tod Linafelt introduce the reader to the broad theological scope of the Old Testament, treating some of the most important issues and methods in contemporary biblical interpretation. This clearly written textbook focuses on the literature of the Old Testament as it grew out of religious, political, and ideological contexts over many centuries in Israel's history. Covering every book in the Old Testament (arranged in canonical order), the authors demonstrate the development of theological concepts in biblical writings from the Torah through postexilic Judaism. Incorporating the most current scholarship, this new edition also includes concrete tips for doing close readings of the Old Testament text, and a chapter on ways to read Scripture and respond in light of pressing contemporary issues, such as economic inequality, racial and gender justice, and environmental degradation. This introduction invites readers to engage in the construction of meaning as they venture into these timeless texts. |
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... Exodus 7. The Book of Leviticus 8. The Book of Numbers 9. The Book of Deuteronomy 10. Reprise on the Torah 37 51 67 77 91 101 111 121 PART II: THE PROPHETS 11. Introduction to the Prophets 12. The Book of Joshua 13. The Book of Judges ...
... Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, traditionally termed the Five Books of Moses (or sometimes the Pentateuch). This corpus of literature is received as having the highest scriptural authority in Jewish tradition and ...
... exodus narrative (in Exod 1–15) contains not only memories of a genuine event of liberation but also exilic materials in order that the later generation of the sixth-century exile might understand the exodus memory in terms of its own ...
... Exodus and throughout most of Leviticus and Deuteronomy and much of Numbers. This material has already suffered from a less-than-benign neglect both in the history of Christian religious interpretation, which has been inclined to view ...
... exodus story, where God's concrete saving action seems more tangible than anywhere in the Bible, the divine plan requires human agents for implementation. Thus, after the flurry of first-person active verbs by which God resolves to ...
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