Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, AdvocacyFortress Press, 1997 - 777 pages In this powerful book, Walter Brueggemann moves the discussion of Old Testament theology beyond the dominant models of Walter Eichrodt in the 1930s and Gerhard von Rad in the 1950s. Brueggemann focuses on the metaphor and imagery of the courtroom trial in order to regard the theological substance of the Old Testament as a series of claims asserted for Yahweh, the God of Israel. This provides a context that attends to pluralism in every dimension of the interpretive process and suggests links to the plurality of voices of our time. |
Contents
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF A GENERAtive Period | 1 |
THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION | 61 |
Part I | 115 |
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affirmation Ancient Israel articulation assertion Assyria Barth Bible Biblical Theology canonical character of Yahweh characteristically Childs Christian church Claus Westermann command concerning concrete context core testimony countertestimony covenant covenantal creation crucial David Deut Deuteronomy Eichrodt enterprise evident exile Exod Exodus fidelity Fortress Press Gerhard von Rad given Gottwald Hebrew Bible historical criticism holiness human person imagination important insistence Israel's faith Israel's testimony Israelite issue Jewish Judaism judgment justice Karl Barth king kingship Levenson live Martin Noth mediation metanarrative metaphor Minneapolis modes moreover Moses narrative nations normative obedience Old Testament theology partner Paul Ricoeur perspective Philadelphia practice present problematic promise prophets Psalm Rad's reading reality reference Religion rhetoric righteousness scholars scholarship Sinai social sovereign sovereignty speak speech steadfast love suggest supersessionism temple testimony of Israel theological interpretation Torah tradition understood University Press utterance verbs Walter Brueggemann well-being wisdom witness Yahweh Yahwistic