Texts That Linger, Words That Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices
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.
These studies on the prophetic texts from the Hebrew Bible cover a wide range of topics, challenging the reader to confront the issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice in an ever-changing world. Walter Brueggemann explores how these prophetic traditions have the potential to continually resonate in our contemporary communities and individual lives. Rather than “dead words” to kingdoms no longer in existence, the Israelite and Judean prophets have an enduring impact on how God challenges our values, our perspectives—and our very lives. Brueggemann has become well known for providing fresh perspective on ancient texts, always in conversation with great thinkers and people of faith.
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Key Features
- Provides essential Old Testament scholarship from one of the most prominent living scholars
- Confronts issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice
- Includes material perfect for pastors, professors, counselors, and Old Testament scholars
Contents
- Texts That Linger, Words That Explode
- Rereading the Book of Isaiah
- The Prophetic Word of God and History
- The “Baruch Connection”: Reflections on Jeremiah 43:1–7
- The Scandal and Liberty of Particularity
- Always in the Shadow of the Empire
- Exodus in Plural (Amos 9:7)
Praise for the Print Edition
Widely published author Walter Brueggemann delves into ancient texts and contemporary consciousness, inviting the reader to rediscover these Scriptures and their radical implications. Perhaps not a comfortable read, but a challenging one nonetheless, from one of today’s leading Old Testament theologians.
—The Other Side
Product Details
- Title: Texts That Linger, Words That Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Editor: Patrick D. Miller
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Publication Date: 2000
- Pages: 152
About the Author
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.
About the Editor
Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.
- Title: Texts that Linger, Words that Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2000
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Prophecy › Judaism
- Resource ID: LLS:TEXTSTHATLINGER
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:15:29Z