Role of Old Testament Theology in Old Testament Interpretation

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He is past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books, including A Pathway of Interpretation, David and His Theologian, Divine Presence amid Violence, and Praying the Psalms (2nd ed.).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsForeword by K.C. HansonPreface1 The Role of Old Testament Theology in Old Testament Interpretation2 The Travail of Pardon: Reflections on slh3 The Defining Utterance on the Lips of the Tishbite: Pondering 'The Centrality of the Word'4 Texts that Linger, Not Yet Overcome5 A 'Characteristic' Reflection on What Comes Next (Jer 32:16-44)6 A Shattered Transcendence? Exile and Restoration7 The Epistemological Crisis of Israel's Two Histories (Jer 9:22-23)8 'Exodus' in the Plural (Amos 9:7)9 Theology of the Old Testament: A Prompt RetrospectScripture IndexName Index

This book collects several eloquent, eminently readable essays by Walter Brueggemann that 'lay display' his interpretive approaches to Old Testament theology. The book can serve both as introduction to his theological legacy and to his work as a public theologian during many battles of our times. Using language that never fails to engage, he illuminates texts, the world, and relationships between the two.