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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... historical-critical matters that did not connect very well, or they had to make fanciful leaps that tended to disregard the gains of historical-critical study and so to proceed in a precritical manner. The newer approaches and methods ...
... historical context cannot always be demonstrated, the literature, as an act of generative imagination, characteristically purports to be intentionally linked to concrete historical contexts. It is clear that historical dimensions of ...
... historical circumstance caused purported history to be inscribed as it is. The reader may be confident in attending to the literature of the Old Testament not only that ours is not a historical study, but also that the biblical text ...
... historical corpus of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah A single apocalyptic scroll, Daniel This material reached its canonical shape and status only very late, likely in the Christian era, and possesses less of a canonical ...
... historical development or a literary decision, but as a theological practice. That is, the development of the literary corpus, it is now recognized, took place through a theological impulse, a concern to shape the literature according ...
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An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition: The Canon and Christian ... Walter Brueggemann,Tod Linafelt No preview available - 2020 |