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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... Jewish name for “interpretation,” most especially the type of interpretation that brings the ancient text into explicit dialogue with later cultural contexts, and our series of midrashic moments highlight specific examples of the ...
... Jewish literary figures (Rosenberg 1987). These suggestive essays notice and celebrate nuances and dimensions of the text that fall well outside the scope of the Christian canon. My own sense is that it is the interplay between ...
... of Christian Scripture. As Christian readers of this Scripture, we read increasingly in the presence of and with awareness of Jews as the first to believe in the God of this Scripture and the direct 3 1 Imaginative Remembering.
... Jewish reading that is likewise faithful to the text and is to be taken with equal seriousness by Christians. Thus in reading the Old Testament, readers of this book must ponder how Christians are “coreaders” with Jews, how far and in ...
... Jewish and Christian communities of faith. The Hebrew canon is the organizing principle of this introduction. That canon is organized into three distinct sections: The Torah consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and ...
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An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition: The Canon and Christian ... Walter Brueggemann,Tod Linafelt No preview available - 2020 |