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Article: Adhering to Israel's God.(discussion of Walter Brueggemann's book 'Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy')
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- The Christian Century
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- May 20, 1998
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Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy.
By Walter Brueggemann. Fortress, 777 pp., $48.00.
Walter Brueggemann's brilliant new book, the culmination of a lifetime of incisive theological work, embodies the transitional moment between one interpretive age and the creative stirrings of a new one. While he does not assume that new methods are always incompatible with those born of the Enlightenment, Brueggemann is certain that the past has to make room for new ways of interpreting scripture. He deftly guides us in new directions even as he continues to learn from earlier Old Testament theologians such as William Foxwell Albright and ...