Select Works of Walter Brueggemann (9 vols.)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Walter Brueggemann is one of our time’s most beloved theologians and one of the world’s foremost scholars on the Old Testament. He has inspired young scholars and students, and driven the discourse on theology with some of the biggest players in contemporary Bible scholarship. This collection contains some of Brueggemann’s most recent and personal works. These volumes of Old Testament exegesis and its importance to Christian ministry and spirituality deliver the thorough and compelling work the world has come to expect from this giant of Christian scholarship.
Check out a bundle of Brueggemann’s contributions to Old Testament studies in the Fortress Press Walter Brueggemann Collection (27 vols.).
- Gathers nine volumes from renowned Old Testament exegete, Walter Brueggemann
- Applies the Old Testament to Christian ministry and spirituality
- Includes close readings of Joshua and the Psalms
- Title: Select Works of Walter Brueggemann (9 vols.)
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Publisher: Wipf & Stock
- Volumes: 9
- Pages: 1,221
- Resource Type: Collected Works
- Topic: Biblical Studies
Walter Brueggemann, through his teaching, lecturing, and writing, has effectively demonstrated the significance of the Old Testament for our fractured world today. Recognized as the preeminent interpreter of the ancient Hebrew texts in relation to questions posed by a variety of academic disciplines, he has shown the way toward a compelling understanding of the major components of the faith and life of ancient Israel, especially its Psalms, its prophets, and its historical narratives.
Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books, including David’s Truth: In Israel’s Imagination and Memory, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Genesis, and The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary.
Reviews
3 ratings
Ralph A. Abernethy III
9/7/2017
Prophet_kevin
4/1/2016
Anthony Sims
6/5/2015
Clint Augustyn
2/25/2015
Judy, I certainly can understand your concern about theology and your need to hold strongly to what you believe to be true, biblical, and non-negotiable. If you find a teacher to be distasteful or outright heretical, you certainly are within your moral rights to say something. Just understand that there are multitudes of others that are also within their moral rights to believe differently. Somehow I think that none of us has God fully in our grasp and we may all just be serving the same Jesus Christ in the process. Frankly, I'm just not sure that God is glorified when we publicly call out those who have a different view of God than ourselves, especially when we are trying to listen and obey the very same Lord. In fact, only listening to those who keep within our precise boundaries is somewhat incestuous, limiting the ways in which we see God to those which merely affirm what we already deeply believe. In the end, you may still disagree with Dr. Brueggemann, but you would be much better for it to have actually struggled alongside of him as he works through some of his writings, rather than disparaging him because of issues within your own denomination (per your post) or something uncited that you apparently read on the internet.
Brian Poad
2/22/2015
It has to be hard being a retailer, trying to satisfy all the different denominations being represented on here. There are certain books that I wouldn't read or touch, because I would regard them as heretical, but I definitely cut some slack for Logos, considering that people from all denominations are represented.
JudyN
2/21/2015
I have become uncomfortable with the selection of books being thrown at us in the pre-pub offers. I am beginning to see a tent that has become too wide. Today’s selection of Walter Brueggemann books is a case in point. I have looked at this author in the past and believed him to be a liberal theologian. So I have looked some more. I am not going to do an in depth analysis but rather for purposes of this review point out two major concerns. As far as I can tell in his writings on the internet, Dr. Brueggemann equivocates on whether the resurrection of Jesus was a real historical event. In addition, in the offered book, “Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience,” on page 2, Brueggemann appears to affirm opinions by Krister Stendahl and E.P. Sanders, proponents of the New Perspectives on Paul, that the dichotomy of law and gospel needs to be re-examined. New Perspectives on Paul and Federal Vision have become huge issues in Reformed Theology and in my denomination, Presbyterian Church in America. Such teachers need to be called out, publicly. I am not a theologian or pastor but consider myself as a lay apologist. I have several books in my home that I consider as false teachings. Examples are The Book of Mormon, the Holy Bible (New World Translation), as well as writings by Rudolph Bultmann and Marcus Borg. Inside of each book, I have a warning sticker about the contents for the benefit of my descendants. With the Brueggemann collection, we are given no warning, but rather words of praise about this resource. When I began with Logos in 2006, I experienced the books to be true, conservative and evangelical. (Of course, I always try to be a Berean). This has changed in the last year, at least. If I am wrong about Dr. Brueggemann or about the type of books we are being offered, I hope another Logos user or Logos staff member can correct me.
