Overview

Endlessly cunning, elusive, and playful--the Bible consistently unsettles even as it assures. Walter Brueggemann reveals exactly how Scripture exposes the inadequacy of the assumptions and habits that shape our lives. He finds inside Israel's ancient poetry, prophecy, narrative, and legal covenants new words that create new peoples. In so doing this book provokes a theology of transformation--one that compels new social, economic, and political practices. Brueggemann's reading reveals that we are not fated to live a life of greed, anxiety, and violence, but instead can embrace a shared life of well-being grounded in an investment in the common good. Brueggemann shows the endless ways by which the Bible provokes new life for transformed peoples.

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Author:   Walter Brueggemann ,  Davis Hankins
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.736kg
ISBN:  

9781481302180

ISBN 10:   1481302183
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   30 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Provocative indeed! These essays are most compelling and would be appropriate for biblical studies in theological schools, readings for church study groups, and rich resources for preaching. --Richard Horsley, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. Davis Hankins is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University.

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