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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... offering. Although a few chapters earlier we have seen Abraham challenge the justness of God's decision to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, here Abraham says nothing in response. Instead, there is the narrator's terse report: “So Abraham ...
... offering: namely, my son.” back to Abraham's initial response to Isaac, we may see how what at first instance looks like wooden repetition may be a subtly modulated use of a key word or theme. When God first calls out to Abraham to ...
... offered a sociological reading of the MosesJoshua traditions according to the categories of Marxian analysis (Gottwald 1979). The outcome of Gottwald's work is to propose that the Torah provides a militant YHWH-based ideology for the ...
... offered, for example, in Isaiah 24:1–13. The point of understanding “wilderness” as exile and as chaos is to suggest that while the term may be rooted in the narrative geographically, it has more profound dimensions in Israel's ...
... offered as the first exposition of the Decalogue. With reference to 24:7, this collection is often termed the “Book of the Covenant,” even though it likely had no primary relation to the reference. It is the earliest example of the ...
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