An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination

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Westminster John Knox Press, 1 gen 2003 - 434 pagine
In this book, Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to the broad theological scope and chronological sweep of the Old Testament. Covering each book of the Old Testament - in the order in which it appears in the Hebrew Bible - the Introduction explains without unnecessary jargon the most important issues and methods in contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament - literary, historical, and theological.

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Cosmic Miracles in Contradiction Genesis 111
39
The Ancestors Genesis 1250
47
The Book of Exodus
57
The Book of Leviticus
67
The Book of Numbers
75
The Book of Deuteronomy
85
Reprise on the Pentateuch
95
The Prophets
101
The Minor Prophets
239
Reprise on the Prophets
263
The Writings
271
The Book of Psalms
277
The Book of Job
293
The Book of Proverbs
305
The Five Scrolls
319
The Book of Daniel
351

43
107
The Book of Judges
121
The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
131
The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
145
The Book of Isaiah
159
The Book of Jeremiah
179
The Book of Ezekiel
191
The Minor Prophets
213
The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
363
The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
375
Reprise on the Writings
383
A Concluding Reflection
391
Bibliography
403
Index of Scripture
418
Index of Names
431
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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary.

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