Divine Presence amid Violence: Contextualizing the Book of Joshua - Softcover

Brueggemann, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160608089X ISBN 13: 9781606080894

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2009

Synopsis

"To pursue the matter of "revelation in context," I will address an exceedingly difficult text in the Old Testament, Joshua 11. The reason for taking up this text is to deal with the often asked and troublesome question: What shall we do with all the violence and bloody war that is done in the Old Testament in the name of Yahweh? The question reflects a sense that these texts of violence are at least an embarrassment, are morally repulsive, and are theologically problematic in the Bible, not because they are violent, but because this is violence either in the name of or at the hand of Yahweh." -from chapter 2

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About the Author

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 several books from Cascade Books, including: A Pathway of Interpretation, David and His Theologian, Divine Presence amid Violence, Praying the Psalms (2nd ed.), and The Role of Old Testament Theology in Old Testament Interpretation.(2011), Remember You Are Dust (2012), Embracing the Transformation (2013), and The Practice of Homefulness (2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160608089X
• ISBN 13: 9781606080894
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94