An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian ImaginationIn this book, Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to the broad theological scope and chronological sweep of the Old Testament. Covering each book of the Old Testament - in the order in which it appears in the Hebrew Bible - the Introduction explains without unnecessary jargon the most important issues and methods in contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament - literary, historical, and theological. |
Contents
Imaginative Remembering | 1 |
The Torah 15 5233 | 5 |
Cosmic Miracles in Contradiction Genesis 111 | 29 |
The Ancestors Genesis 1250 | 47 |
The Book of Exodus | 53 |
The Book of Leviticus | 67 |
The Book of Numbers | 75 |
The Book of Deuteronomy | 85 |
The Minor Prophets 1 | 209 |
The Minor Prophets 2 | 237 |
Reprise on the Prophets | 263 |
The Writings | 271 |
The Book of Psalms | 277 |
The Book of Job | 293 |
The Book of Proverbs | 305 |
The Five Scrolls | 319 |
Reprise on the Pentateuch | 95 |
The Prophets | 101 |
The Book of Joshua | 109 |
The Book of Judges | 121 |
The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel | 131 |
The Books of 1 and 2 Kings | 145 |
The Book of Isaiah | 159 |
The Book of Jeremiah | 177 |
The Book of Ezekiel | 191 |
The Book of Daniel | 351 |
The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah | 363 |
The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles | 375 |
Reprise on the Writings | 383 |
A Concluding Reflection | 391 |
Bibliography | 403 |
| 418 | |
| 431 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination |
| Author | Walter Brueggemann |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0664224121, 9780664224127 |
| Length | 434 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament |
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