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.
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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