Theology of the Old Testament : Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy
In this powerful book, Walter Brueggemann moves the discussion of Old Testament theology beyond the dominant models of previous generations. Brueggemann focuses on the metaphor and imagery of the courtroom trial in order to regard the theological substance of the Old Testament as a series of claims asserted for Yahweh, the God of Israel. This provides a context that attends to pluralism in every dimension of the interpretive process and suggests links to the plurality of voices of our time
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (800 pages)
9781451419788, 1451419783
845247881
Print version:
Retrospect 1 : From the beginning to the end of a generative period
Retrospect 2 : The contemporary situation
Part 1. Israel's core testimony. Israel's practice of testimony ; Testimony in verbal sentences ; Adjectives : Yahweh with characteristic markings ; Nouns : Yahweh as constant ; Yahweh fully uttered
Part 2. Israel's countertestimony. Cross-examining Israel's core testimony ; The hiddenness of Yahweh ; Ambiguity and the character of Yahweh ; Yahweh and negativity ; Maintaining the tension
Part 3. Israel's unsolicited testimony. Israel's unsolicited testimony ; Israel as Yahweh's partner ; The human person as Yahweh's partner ; The nations as Yahweh's partner ; Creation as Yahweh's partner ; The drama of partnership with Yahweh
Part 4. Israel's embodied testimony. Mediating the presence of Yahweh ; The Torah as mediator ; The king as mediator ; The prophet as mediator ; The cult as mediator ; The sage as mediator ; Modes of mediation and life with Yahweh
Part 5. Prospects for theological interpretation. Interpretation in a pluralistic context ; The constitutive power of Israel's testimony ; Some pervasive issues ; Moving toward true speech