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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... distinct sections: The Torah consists of Genesis, 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 ...
... distinct theological implications. What motivates God to demand the sacrifice of Isaac? The narrator refuses to tell us, though for any reader, religious or not, this must certainly be a compelling question. We are told that “God tested ...
... distinct from a more exacting notion of “history.” 3. William Foxwell Albright, the premier figure in U.S. “biblical archaeology,” presided over a major attempt to demonstrate that the biblical materials, matched to nonbiblical evidence ...
... distinct, primal communal identity. 3. This Torah is a normative act of imagination that serves to sustain and legitimate a distinct community of gratitude and obedience. That distinct community, whether in the Assyrian, Babylonian, or ...
... distinct identity of wonder, gratitude, and obedience. We may notice two uses that suggest this intergenerational crisis to which the community attended. First, in Exodus 12–13 there is a pause in the narrative in order to provide ...
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