Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
Overview
Known as one of America’s best theologians and one of the world’s foremost scholars on the Old Testament, Walter Brueggemann has inspired young scholars and students and driven the discourse on theology with some of the biggest players in contemporary Bible scholarship.
This volume contains Walter Brueggemann’s most recent public sermons and prayers. With captivating and convicting messages for this rebellious age, Brueggemann nourishes the Christian spirit and challenges the fickle heart. With the deep theological scholarship one would expect of Brueggemann, and the surprising passion and dynamism of a youthful spirit, Inscribing the Text is full of the insight and passion readers are desperate to hear.
With the Logos Bible Software edition, you can journey through this volume with today’s most advanced tools for reading and studying God’s Word. All Scripture passages are linked to your library’s original language texts and English translations. Enhance your study with Logos’ advanced features—search by topic to find out what Brueggemann teaches on the Exodus, or find every mention of “Psalm 91” throughout his works.
Key Features
- Provides essential Old Testament scholarship from one of the most prominent living scholars
- Contains sermons and prayers of Walter Brueggman meant to “re-ignite another generation of preachers”
- Includes material perfect for pastors, professors, counselors, and Old Testament scholars
Praise for the Print Edition
In this wonderful collection of sermons and prayers, we are privileged to hear [Brueggemann] fight with, be surprised by, playfully delight in, and finally be subdued by Scripture. And when he gets down and dirty in prayer, what a conversation to overhear!
—William H. Willimon, dean of the chapel and professor of Christian ministry, Duke University
Walter Brueggemann, exegete, hermeneutist, contemporary prophet, priest, and preacher, has for decades shared rich insights about the meaning of the biblical text. Now we can sample his challenging sermons, which show us how to speak truth to power and profound hope to all. Our preaching will be clearer, more honest, and more fruitful as we are tutored by his homiletic genius and prophetic zeal.
—James A. Forbes Jr., senior minister, Riverside Church, NY
Inscribing the Text unveils a surprising new model for preaching, that of the preacher-scribe, who discovers the power in the text, releases it, and then gets out of its way. Brueggemann’s sermons bristle with the man who preaches them. More importantly, they let the Scripture speak with authority. This is vintage Brueggemann.
—Richard Lischer, James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor of Preaching, Duke Divinity School
Product Details
- Title: Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Publication Date: 2011
- Pages: 240
About Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann through his teaching, lecturing, and writing, has effectively demonstrated the significance of the Old Testament for our fractured world today. Recognized as the preeminent interpreter of the ancient texts in relation to questions posed by a variety of academic disciplines, he has shown the way toward a compelling understanding of the major components of the faith and life of ancient Israel, especially its Psalms, the prophets, and the narratives. His award-winning Theology of the Old Testament quickly became a foundational work in the field.
Brueggemann, who holds a ThD from Union Seminary, New York, and a PhD from St. Louis University, is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He was previously professor of Old Testament at Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis. His many Fortress Press books, including The Threat of Life: Sermons on Pain, Power, and Weakness, exhibit a fecund combination of imaginative power, sound scholarship, and a passion of justice and redemption.
Top Highlights
“The primal case of speaking-truth-to-power in the Old Testament is Moses addressing Pharaoh.” (Page 5)
“There are deeply problematic things about the model of truth-speaking-to-power.” (Page 10)
“You are rich for yourself, but rich for yourself is misdirected wealth that kills, because your true character is to turn your wealth back to God and God’s will for the world. God quotes the book of Proverbs: Foolishness brings death; you cannot spend enough money or own enough land to break the connection between foolishness and death. That is the verdict of the story.” (Page 23)
“Nathan seems like a harsh judge, but in fact, his work is to relieve David, to unburden him (albeit in costly ways), so that even in David’s thin, failed life, he may try again to become who he is.” (Page 15)
“The inescapable set-up willed by Jesus is an enduring mismatch between the large, impossible task and leanness of resources. It is the leanness that makes the miracles possible.” (Page 44)
- Title: Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Sermons, American › 21st century; Sermons, American › 20th century; Prayers
- Resource ID: LLS:INSCRBTXT
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:00:03Z
Reviews
2 ratings
Richard
10/8/2021
Inscribing the Text Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann has interesting insights. Brueggemann is a great writer and orator. And his sermons are short but well prepared As this is my first book of him, I felt that he tends to be quite liberal in his topical addressing. For example, calling God the mother of all lights. Quote of the book: "You, father of all mercies, mother of all light, giver of all life, ruler of all generous futures" Then his topics are much like the topics of our day and often miss the radical demand of the Gospel.
Eric Hillegas
4/1/2017
