{"product_id":"the-prophetic-imagination-40th-anniversary-edition-9781506449302","title":"The Prophetic Imagination: 40th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic text in biblical theology--still relevant for today and tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this 40th anniversary edition of the classic text from one of the most influential biblical scholars of our time, Walter Brueggemann, offers a theological and ethical reading of the Hebrew Bible. He finds there a vision for the community of God whose words and practices of lament, protest and complain give rise to an alternative social order that opposes the \"totalism\" of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Linking Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus, he argues that the prophetic vision not only embraces the pain of the people, but creates an energy and amazement based on the new thing that God is doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition builds off the revised and updated 2001 edition and includes a new afterword by Brueggemann and a new foreword by Davis Hankins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Brueggemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506449302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrueggemann, Walter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Brueggemann\u003c\/strong\u003e was William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary until his death in 2025. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is still regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian. Among his many publications are \u003cem\u003eProphetic Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOld Testament Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHankins, Davis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavis Hankins\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Walter Brueggemann \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282414157981,"sku":"9781506449302","price":37.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d6c22c30-a276-42fa-92b6-afde365f7bcd.jpg?v=1759950024","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-prophetic-imagination-40th-anniversary-edition-9781506449302","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}