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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... constitute part 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 ...
... constitute the scriptural corpus of literature for both 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 ...
... constituting one scroll). This corpus reached its final form by the second century BCE, attested in the book of Ben Sirach, and has a lesser authority than does the Torah. This consensus judgment is somewhat called into question by the ...
... constitutes the Apocrypha, books that are accorded deuterocanonical status in Protestant usage. What may interest us about canon beyond an understanding of lists and order of books, however, is that since the 1970s it has come to be ...
... constitute the church's Scripture is not an innocent act of reportage. It is, in each of its variations over time, an intentional advocacy that means to tilt the world of the next generation according to a conviction of faith. We may ...
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An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition: The Canon and Christian ... Walter Brueggemann,Tod Linafelt No preview available - 2020 |