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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... beginning of Israel to the rise of King David around 1000 BCE 2. The monarchial period, from the rise of David in 1000 BCE to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BCE 3. The postmonarchial period, after 587 BCE, a period that encompasses ...
... beginning to think about the narrative art of the Bible, one could do no better than to read “Odysseus' Scar,” the opening chapter of Erich Auerbach's book Mimesis, in which Auerbach compares biblical narrative style with Homeric epic ...
... beginning, the middle, and the end. Although the single word hinneni is literally repeated each time, it acquires a new depth of meaning—and certainly a new tone—with each repetition. And to the end of the story it remains the case that ...
... beginning of this chapter the jarring concreteness with which God is sometimes imagined in the Bible as active in the world: God walks in the garden of Eden and enjoys the evening breeze; God shows up at the tent of Sarah and Abraham to ...
... beginning in the narrative mode and giving precious little insight into Job's thoughts or feelings. But when the story moves to Job's anguished death wish (“Let the day perish in which I was born, / and the night that said, 'A man-child ...
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