Hopeful imagination : prophetic voices in exile / [print]
Walter Brueggemann.
- Philadelphia : Fortress Press, (c)1986.
- x, 146 pages ; 22 cm.
Introduction : Exile and the voice of hope -- PennsylvaniaRT 1. Only grief permits newness. 1. Jeremiah - designed for conflict -- 2. "Because no one cares" (Jer. 30:12-17) -- PART 2. Only holiness gives hope. 3. Ezekiel - tough and submissive -- 4. "For the sake of my holy name" (Ezek. 36:22-32) -- PART 3. Only memory allows possibility. 5. Second Isaiah - homecoming to a new home -- 6. "Sing, o barren one" (Isa. 54:1-17) -- Conclusion : Hurt as hope's home.
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Bible.--Jeremiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible.--Ezekiel--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible.--Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.