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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, (c)1994.Description: viii, 328 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780800627348
Subject(s): 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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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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