A social reading of the Old Testament : prophetic approaches to Israel's communal life /
Brueggemann, Walter,
A social reading of the Old Testament : prophetic approaches to Israel's communal life / [print] Walter Brueggemann ; edited by Patrick D. Miller. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, (c)1994. - viii, 328 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction 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. Patrick D. Miller --
9780800627348
93034115
B9586785
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sociology, Biblical.
BS1192 BS1192.M649.S635 1994
A social reading of the Old Testament : prophetic approaches to Israel's communal life / [print] Walter Brueggemann ; edited by Patrick D. Miller. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, (c)1994. - viii, 328 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction 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. Patrick D. Miller --
9780800627348
93034115
B9586785
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sociology, Biblical.
BS1192 BS1192.M649.S635 1994