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An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 221
EAN: 9780664224127
ISBN: 0664224121
Label: Westminster John Knox Press
Manufacturer: Westminster John Knox Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 452
Publication Date: 2003-11
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Studio: Westminster John Knox Press
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Editorial Review:
America's premier biblical theologian offers an outstanding introductory textbook on the broad theological scope and chronological sweep of the Old Testament. Covering every book of the Old Testamentin the order in which it appears in the Hebrew Biblethe Introduction explains, without unnecessary jargon, the most important issues and methods in contemporary interpretation of the Old Testamentliterary, historical, and theological.
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Rating:  - Informative, but Not Very Inspired
For a person, like myself, who sees scripture as influenced by equal parts human experience and divine inspiration, Brueggeman's ratio (85% human to 15% divine, by my estimation) will leave something to be desired. His concise chapters on each scripture and his obviously extensive experience make this book a wealth of information and perspective, and my intellectual life is deeper because of it. Though the author clearly does believe in God, his text treats scripture most often from a perspective ... Read More
Rating: - An Excellent Introduction to the Old Testament
This is one of my favorite books on the `Old Testament.' What makes Brueggemann's analysis so compelling is his ability to offer a coherent and comprehensive reading of the Old Testament, while equally dealing with the difficulties, disunities, and flat-out confounding passages that fill the `Old Testament' cannon. Brueggemann does so by looking at, what he refers to as, the `Christian Imagination.'
In short, Brueggemann is not as concerned with how the `history' of the Old Testament ... Read More
Rating: - Bruegge's Amazing Intro toThe Hebrew Bible
Compared to Prof Brueggemann's other Old Testament books, my big surprise is a title of The Old Testament rather than The Hebrew Bible! Added surprise is a sub-title of The Canon and Christian Interpretation. In OT Survey classes he contrasted his approach between Jewish interpretation with Christian inter. So I noted his quotes in using the 4 I's of Interpretation, Ideology, Inspiration, and Imagination! They occur in the Intro and near the end of his chap on Torah. On Page 11 "Now it will occur to an ... Read More
Rating: - A good and faithful study
I have been a fan of Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus of biblical studies from Columbia Theological Seminary, since I encountered him through his text 'Theology of the Old Testament', which formed the basis of a course I took my first year in seminary. Brueggemann has a clear and strong writing style, coupled with definite and innovative ideas about the development of the Hebrew Scriptures as they have come to us.
Brueggemann looks at things from a canonical perspective, ordering the books differently ... Read More
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