Reconstructing Old Testament Theology: After the Collapse of History (Overtures to Biblical Theology)

Perdue, Leo G.

ISBN 10: 080063716X / ISBN 13: 9780800637163

Published by Fortress Press, 2005

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Synopsis:

In this informative and keen look at contemporary trends in Old Testament theology, Perdue builds on his earlier volume The Collapse of History (1994). He investigates how a variety of perspectives and methodologies have impacted how the Old Testament is read in the twenty-first century including: literary criticism; rhetorical criticism, feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies, liberation theology; Jewish theology; postmodernism; and postcolonialism.Perdue provides a sensitive reading of the aims of these approaches as well as providing critique and setting them in their various cultural contexts. In his conclusion, the author provides a look at the future and how these various voices and approaches will continue to impact how we carry out Old Testament theology.

About the Author:

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Reconstructing Old Testament Theology: After...
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good