Like Fire in the Bones

by Brueggemann, Walter; Miller, Patrick D.

• ISBN13: 9780800698287
• ISBN10: 0800698282
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He is a prolific author, and his award-winning Theology of the Old Testament (Fortress Press, 2002) has quickly become a foundational work in the field. Brueggemann, a widely sought-after preacher, teacher, and lecturer, has published many other books with Fortress Press, including most recently Disruptive Grace (2010). Patrick D. Miller is the Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. His Fortress Press books include Interpreting the Psalms (1986), They Cried to the Lord (1994), and The God You Have (2004). Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
The Word Spoken through the Prophet
Jeremiah: Portrait of the Prophet	p. 3
The Book of Jeremiah: Meditation upon the Abyss	p. 18
Recent Scholarship: Intense Criticism, Thin Interpretation	p. 29
Theology in Jeremiah: Creatio in Extremis	p. 41
Next Steps in Jeremiah Studies	p. 56
Listening for the Prophetic Word in History
The Prophetic Word of God and History	p. 74
An Ending That Does Not End	p. 86
A Second Reading of Jeremiah after the Dismantling	p. 99
A Shattered Transcendence: Exile and Restoration	p. 116
Haunting Book-Haunted People	p. 132
Carrying Forward the Prophetic Task
Prophetic Ministry: A Sustainable Alternative Community	p. 142
A World Available for Peace: Images of Hope from Jeremiah and Isaiah	p. 168
"Is There No Balm in Gilead?": The Hope and Despair of Jeremiah	p. 180
Prophets and Historymakers	p. 189
Why Prophets Won't Leave Well Enough Alone: An Interview with Walter Brueggemann	p. 199
Abbreviations	p. 213
Notes	p. 215
Index of Names	p. 249
Index of Biblical References	p. 251
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