The Prophetic Imagination

by Brueggemann, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780800632878
• ISBN10: 0800632877
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

In this challenging and enlightening treatment, Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Here he traces the broad sweep from Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus. He emphasizes that the prophetic vision not only embraces the pain of the people but creates an energy amazement based on the new thing that God is doing. In this new edition, Brueggemann has completely revised the text, updated the notes, and added a new preface.

Author Biography

Walter Brueggemann is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition	ix
Preface to the First Edition	xxiii
The Alternative Community of Moses	1	(20)
Royal Consciousness: Countering the Counterculture	21	(18)
Prophetic Criticizing and the Embrace of Pathos	39	(20)
Prophetic Energizing and the Emergence of Amazement	59	(22)
Criticism and Pathos in Jesus of Nazareth	81	(20)
Energizing and Amazement in Jesus of Nazareth	101	(14)
A Note on the Practice of Ministry	115	(6)
A Postscript on Practice	121	(6)
Abbreviations	127	(2)
Notes	129	(18)
Selected Bibliography	147	(2)
Scripture Index	149