A social reading of the Old Testament : prophetic approaches to Israel's communal life / Walter Brueggemann ; edited by Patrick D. Miller. [print]

By:

Brueggemann, Walter [Author]

Contributor(s):

Miller, Patrick D

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780800627348

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LOC classification:

BS1192
BS1192.M649.S635 1994

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Contents:

Patrick D. Miller -- 1. Trajectories in Old Testament Literature and the Sociology of Ancient Israel -- 2. Covenant as a Subversive Paradigm -- 3. Covenant and Social Possibility -- 4. Social Criticism and Social Vision in the Deuteronomic Formula of the Judges -- 5. "Vine and Fig Tree": A Case Study in Imagination and Criticism -- 6. At the Mercy of Babylon: A Subversive Rereading of the Empire -- 7. A Poem of Summons (Isaiah 55:1-3) and a Narrative of Resistance (Daniel 1) -- 8. Israel's Social Criticism and Yahweh's Sexuality -- 9. Theodicy in a Social Dimension -- 10. The Social Nature of the Biblical Text for Preaching -- 11. The Prophet as a Destabilizing Presence -- 12. The Social Significance of Solomon as a Patron of Wisdom -- 13. Rethinking Church Models through Scripture -- 14. Reflections on Biblical Understandings of Property -- 15. Revelation and Violence: A Study in Contextualization.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS1192.B75 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001475322

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction Patrick D. Miller -- 1. Trajectories in Old Testament Literature and the Sociology of Ancient Israel -- 2. Covenant as a Subversive Paradigm -- 3. Covenant and Social Possibility -- 4. Social Criticism and Social Vision in the Deuteronomic Formula of the Judges -- 5. "Vine and Fig Tree": A Case Study in Imagination and Criticism -- 6. At the Mercy of Babylon: A Subversive Rereading of the Empire -- 7. A Poem of Summons (Isaiah 55:1-3) and a Narrative of Resistance (Daniel 1) -- 8. Israel's Social Criticism and Yahweh's Sexuality -- 9. Theodicy in a Social Dimension -- 10. The Social Nature of the Biblical Text for Preaching -- 11. The Prophet as a Destabilizing Presence -- 12. The Social Significance of Solomon as a Patron of Wisdom -- 13. Rethinking Church Models through Scripture -- 14. Reflections on Biblical Understandings of Property -- 15. Revelation and Violence: A Study in Contextualization.

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