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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... obedience here is often taken to be motivated by an untroubled and unquestioning faith in God, which, depending on one's perspective, may be seen positively as an expression of ultimate piety, or negatively as an expression of unfeeling ...
... obedience from Abraham but resistance—after all, such resistance was honored when Abraham argued on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah—and that in failing to argue with God, Abraham failed to show the strength of character that God hoped to ...
... obedience that is singularly committed to the will and purpose of YHWH. He will have nothing of Gottwald's direct linkage of faith to socioeconomic matters. Gottwald understands the interpretive intentionality of the canon of the Torah ...
... obedience. II The Torah is then a normative resource, rooted in the authority of Moses, for the sustenance of a peculiar community of faith and life that is displaced and without other resources. The narrative traditioning process ...
... obedience to YHWH and to determine what particular form obedience may take amid the vagaries of life, where matters of obedience are not clear. The commands of Sinai operate in the life of listening Israel as intentional and self ...
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