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Words that testify of God: The Theology of the Old Testament.

From: Biblical Theology Bulletin  |  Date: 9/22/2001  |  Author: Gnuse, Robert K.

Abstract

Walter Brueggemann crafts a First Testament theology around the organizing principle of Israel's speech about God. He discusses the themes of First Testament thought in four categories: Israel's Core Testimony, Israel's Countertestimony, Israel's Unsolicited Testimony, and Embodied Narrative. He attempts to generate a dynamic theology that captures the rhetorical power of the biblical text. With his own classic style he theologizes excellently on the text in a mode ...

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