Earth Story in the Psalms and the Prophets

by Habel, Norman C.

• ISBN13: 9781841270876
• ISBN10: 1841270873
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr

Summary

Using a number of articles that are more prophetic than typical scholarly analysis, the writings challenge the academic community to be accountable and heed the word from indigenous peoples who know how the Earth suffers from the oppression that came with colonization.The chapters include reflections on God's harsh words in Ezekiel, the lack of justice regarding the Earth and its entire people, and the message of promise in Isaiah. The recurring themes in the texts are those of the deep bond and kinship of the indigenous people to the planet, demonstrating their care and custodianship of and for the Earth.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Editorial Preface	9	(4)
Preface	13	(3)
List of Abbreviations	16	(3)
List of Contributors	19	(3)
Six Ecojustice Principles	22	(1)
The Voice of Earth: More than Metaphor?	23	(6)
The Earth Bible Team
PSALMS
Friend or Foe? Earth, Sea and Chaoskampf in the Psalms	29	(13)
Peter L. Trudinger
Rescuing Earth from a Storm God: Psalms 29 and 96-97	42	(9)
Norman C. Habel
Geraldine Avent
Jubilate Deo omnis terra: God and Earth in Psalm 65	51	(14)
Howard N. Wallace
The Earth Song in Psalms 90-92	65	(19)
William J. Urbrock
Psalm 104: A Celebration of the Vanua	84	(14)
Arthur Walker-Jones
The Survival of Earth: An African Reading of Psalm 104	98	(11)
Abotchie Ntreh
An Ecobosadi Reading of Psalm 127.3-5	109	(14)
Madipoane Masenya (ngwana' Mphahlele)
PROPHETS
A Prophetic (Fore)Word: `A Curse is Devouring Earth' (Isaiah 24.6)	123	(6)
Norman J. Charles
The Vision of Land in Jeremiah 32	129	(14)
Gunther H. Wittenberg
Ezekiel's Formula of Desolation: Harsh Justice for the Land/Earth	143	(15)
Keith Carley
If Earth Could Speak: The Case of the Mountains against YHWH in Ezekiel 6; 35-36	158	(14)
Kalinda Rose Stevenson
Retrieving Earth's Voice in Jeremiah: An Annotated Voicing of Jeremiah 4	172	(13)
Shirley Wurst
Earth Community in Hosea 2	185	(19)
Laurie J. Braaten
Ecojustice or Anthropological Justice? A Study of the New Heavens and the New Earth in Isaiah 65.17	204	(15)
Anne Gardner
`The Wolf, the Lamb, and a Little Child': Transforming the Earth Community in Isaiah	219	(11)
John W. Olley
Bibliography	230	(20)
Index of References	250	(9)
Index of Authors	259