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A Social Reading of the Old Testament

Prophetic Approaches to Israel's Communal Life
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In this book Walter Brueggemann raises a variety of contemporary and intriguing questions on the relation of society and text in the Old Testament, among themthe hidden agendas that underlie the making and reading of Scripture the conflictual tension in ancient Israel the cry to God of the oppressed and God's response the political dimension of mercy theodicy, violence, horses, and chariotsBrueggemann opens to a variety of readers a compelling picture of subversive paradigm and social possibility in the Hebrew Bible.
Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary and the author of numerous books including, from Fortress Press, The Prophetic Imagination; Theology of the Old Testament; and The Message of the Psalms. Brueggemann lives in Traverse City, Michigan.
Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Guidelines and Approaches Trajectories in Old Testament Literature and the Sociology of Ancient Israel Covenant as a Subversive Paradigm Covenant and Social Possibility Part Two: A Social Reading of Particular Texts Social Criticism and Social Vision in the Deuteronomic Formula of the Judges "Vine and Fig Tree". A Case Study in Imagination and Criticism At the Mercy of Babylon: A Subversive Rereading of the Empire A Poem of Summons (Isaiah 55:1-3) and a Narrative of Resistance (Daniel 1) Part 3: A Social Reading of Particular Issues Israel's Social Criticism and Yahweh's Sexuality Theodicy in a Social Dimension The Social Nature of the Biblical Text for Preaching The Prophet as a Destabilizing Presence The Social Significance of Solomon as a Patron of Wisdom Rethinking Church Models through Scripture Reflections on Biblical Understanding of Property Revelation and Violence: A Study in Contextualization Credits Index of Scripture References
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