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Preaching from the Old Testament (Working Preacher Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Walter Brueggemann (Author), Rolf A. Jacobson (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
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In this new volume, prolific scholar Walter Brueggemann seeks to show Christian preachers how to consider the faith witnessed in several Old Testament traditions and to help them discover rich and suggestive connections to our contemporary faith challenges. The author also assumes that a wholesale sustained engagement with the Old Testament is worth the effort for the preacher. He recognizes what he calls the "sorry state" of Old Testament texts in the Revised Common Lectionary, which he claims often constitute a major disservice for the church and its preachers. The lectionary gerrymanders the Old Testament to make it serve other claims, most of the time not allowing it to have its own evangelical say. Brueggemann hopes that his exposition in this volume will evoke and energize fresh homiletical attention to the Old Testament, precisely because he believes the urgent work of the gospel in our society requires attentive listening to these ancient voices of bold insistent faith.
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"I read Walter Brueggemann and it makes me want to preach. If a text feels lifeless or heavy in my hands, I hear his scratchy, adamant voice and I listen anew for the voice of God. I defy you to read these words and not long to love God and God's people and God's world more profoundly." --Jason Byassee, Vancouver School of Theology

"Christians often preach the Old Testament all too poorly. This book invites us to a better way for life, faithfulness, and well-being for the church and for all people." --Adam Nicholas Phillips, Christ Church Portland

"With a scholar's wisdom and a pastor's heart, Walter Brueggemann shares his magisterial reflections on the Old Testament in order to help preachers develop transformative sermons that are faithful to the text and the gospel. Pastors already familiar with his scholarship will appreciate his desire to show how it directly intersects with the task of preaching, while those encountering his work for the first time will quickly learn why he has long been regarded as one of the church's most important thinkers." --Phil Snider, Brentwood Community Church

"The Old Testament is often ignored by the church and those who preach from its pulpits. In Preaching from the Old Testament, Brueggemann challenges this disregard in his trademark fashion as the conscious of our time. His theological insight and practical tools for preaching are invaluable; after reading this book, there won't be any more excuses not to preach from the Old Testament." --Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, William Jessup University

About the Author

Rolf A. Jacobson is Professor of Old Testament and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture, Theology, and Ministry at Luther Seminary. He is the author or co-author of The Book of Psalms, Invitation to the Psalms, Crazy Book: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Biblical Terms and The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament: Israel's In-Your-Face, Holy God. He is on two weekly preaching podcasts, "Sermon Brainwave" and "Narrative Lectionary," both are available at workingpreacher.org

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NSBC5MG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fortress Press (May 7, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 7, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 876 KB
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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. He is the world's leading interpreter of the Old Testament and is the author of numerous books, including Westminster John Knox Press best sellers such as Genesis and First and Second Samuel in the Interpretation series, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination, and Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes.

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Robert Batey
5.0 out of 5 stars Walter Brueggemann at his best
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020
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A great volume working its way enlighteningly and excitingly through the Old Testament. A book that challenges those who would preach from the Old Testament (OT) with the danger and shallowness of simply expounding a few verses here and there. This writer knows the OT and the people of the OT inside out and it shows in every chapter. Brueggemann longs for readers to comprehend the complexity of the OT and the extraordinary nature of the writings that comprise it. His chapters on Wisdom literature and the Psalms are uplifting as they open ones eyes to the beauty and wisdom and complexity of what is contained in these writings. The author makes plain how simplistic exposition can totally miss the point of what the original text was seeking to say and I am so glad for that. No one should preach from the OT without a very deep time of learning about what this set of writings really meant to the Jews and without an understanding of why the were written when they were written. Thank you Walter Brueggemann for your passion for truth, for knowledge and for God, our Creator and Lord.
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John D Connolly
4.0 out of 5 stars This book inspired me
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019
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I found at times this book challenged me in ways that I did not appreciate but I can see were helpful. For instance the discussion concerning Joseph from Genesis was insightful but completely ruined my concept and image of Joseph.

My biggest challenge with this book was not the content but the form. I often found the language and vocabulary that was used to be unnecessarily complex. I often felt that simpler vocabulary could have been used with the same message and made this more attainable and understandable by many more people.

Overall, however, I absolutely recommend this book to all who are called to proclaim the Word.
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Daniel Supimpa
4.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended resource for studying the OT
Reviewed in Brazil on April 23, 2021
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Brueggemann, once again, is quite perceptive and culturally relevant. I particularly enjoy his writting style and applications (except when he takes larger steps in a more progressive agenda, a position he is well aware of). The book is the first in a series of introductory, though not dull, studies for Preachers, both priests and lay people, structurally based around the portions and genres of the Hebrew Bible. Brueggemann basically works with insights on Genesis, the Moses traditions, the Prophets, the Psalms and Wisdom. His take on the Psalms and the Prophets depends a lot on his previous works, and one would profit much from reading them to understand several of B's schemes (e.g. the division of the Psalms as those of orientation, disorientation and of new orientation).

I was, however, a bit frustrated by the absence of insights for preaching in biblical Narratives (his section on the Prophets focuses on Isaiah-Malachi, not in the former prophets of Sam-Kgs). No attention at all was given to the Writings outside Job, Psalms, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. This is a shame, since I was interested in understanding the take on the experience of Exile in Israel, having in view books such as Nehemiah or Esther.
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