From Judgment to Hope: A Study on the Prophets
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Overview
While conservative interpreters might believe that prophets were predictors and progressives believe the prophets to be simply social advocates, Walter Brueggemann argues that the prophets were “emancipated imaginers of alternative.” Emancipated from the dominant thinking of their societies, the prophets imagined an alternative reality and invited listeners to join them in their commitment to that new reality.
In this collection of studies, popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann explores the Major Prophets, the Minor Prophets, and the prophets of the Persian Age. By highlighting the common themes of judgment and hope found in the prophets’ messages, Brueggemann invites readers to consider what those messages mean for us today. Questions for reflection conclude each chapter. From Judgment to Hope is suitable for individual or group study.
- Invites readers to consider the modern implications of the prophetic messages
- Highlights the common themes of judgment and hope
- Includes reflection questions for each chapter
- Introduction to the Prophets by Patricia K. Tull
- Three Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel
- First Isaiah (Chapters 1–39)
- Second and Third Isaiah (Chapters 40–55, 56–65)
- The Twelve Minor Prophets
- Three Important Minor Prophets: Hosea, Amos, and Micah
- Three Prophets from the Persian Period: Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
- A Brief Summary of the Prophetic Books of the Bible
- An Approximate Time Line of the Prophets
- Well-Known Quotations from Isaiah
- Title: From Judgment to Hope: A Study on the Prophets
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Publication Date: 2019
- Pages: 120
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Prophetic Books
Walter Brueggemann was William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He was the past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books, including David’s Truth: In Israel’s Imagination and Memory, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Genesis, and The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary.