Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann ( born 1933 in Tilden (Nebraska ) ) is an American theologian whose scientific and journalistic focus on the Old Testament.

Life

Brueggemann reached in 1955 at Elmhurst College Baccalaureus Artium a major in sociology and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1958 at Eden Theological Seminary; he received his doctorate in 1961 in Old Testament theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and 1974 in Education at Saint Louis University. He was from 1961 to 1986 professor of Old Testament at Eden Theological Seminary and then became a professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, where he became Professor Emeritus in 2003.

Brueggemann is an advocate and representative of the rhetorical exegesis ( rhetorical criticism ) in the interpretation of the Bible. He has written numerous books and hundreds of journal articles written and edited several comments on books of the Bible. In the 1990s, Brueggemann participated in Bill Moyers television series on the Book of Genesis of the television station PBS.

Writings

  • The Prophetic Imagination. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1978, ISBN 0-8006-1337-6.
  • Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. John Knox Press, Atlanta 1982, ISBN 0-8042-3101- X.
  • To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988, ISBN 0-8028-0367-9.
  • Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-8006-2394-0.
  • First and Second Samuel: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. John Knox Press, Atlanta, 1990, ISBN 0-8042-3108-7.
  • To Build, to Plant: A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1991, ISBN 1-871828-13-9.
  • The Book of Exodus in The New Interpreter's Bible. Vol 1 Abingdon Press, Nashville 1994, ISBN 0-687-27814-7.
  • A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1998, ISBN 0-8028 - 0280- X.
  • Isaiah 1-39 .. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky 1998, ISBN 0-664-25524-8.
  • Isaiah 40-66. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky 1998, ISBN 0-664-25791-7.
  • 1 & 2 Kings: Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-57312-065-0.
  • Deuteronomy: Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries. Abingdon Press, 2001, ISBN 0-687-08471-7.
  • Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 0-664-22231-5.
  • An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, ISBN 0-664-22412-1.
  • The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology. 2005, ISBN 0-8006-3667-8.
  • Theology of the Old Testament. Fortress Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8006-3765-8.
  • The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah. Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-60629-2.

The publications of Walter Brueggemann have largely not been translated into German. One exception is this collection of essays:

  • Polyphony and imagination: Essays on Theology of the Old Testament. Lang, 2004, ISBN 3-631-52638-5.
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