The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology

by Brueggemann, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780800636678
• ISBN10: 0800636678
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Author Biography

Walter Brueggemann is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament in the William Marcellus McPheeters chair at Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, Georgia).

Table of Contents

Biblical authority in the postcritical period	p. 3
Biblical authority : a personal reflection	p. 20
Biblical authority and the church's task of interpretation	p. 37
Twentieth-century Old Testament studies : a quick survey	p. 49
Biblical faith as narrative, recital, confession : an introduction to von Rad's Old Testament theology	p. 60
The loss and recovery of creation in Old Testament theology	p. 83
The ABCs of Old Testament theology in the United States	p. 97
Contemporary Old Testament theology : a contextual prospectus	p. 117
Biblical theology appropriately postmodern	p. 131
Theology of the Old Testament : a prompt retrospect	p. 143
Israel's creation faith : response to J. Richard Middleton	p. 156
Against the stream : Brevard Child's biblical theology	p. 165
Walter Brueggemann's Theology of the Old Testament : testimony, dispute, advocacy : a review by Brevard Childs and a response	p. 171
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