Ice Axes for Frozen Seas : A Biblical Theology of Provocation / Walter Brueggemann ; edited by Davis Hankins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brueggemann, Walter.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Endlessly cunning, elusive, and playful--the Bible consistently unsettles even as it assures. Walter Brueggemann reveals exactly how Scripture exposes the inadequacy of the assumptions and habits that shape our lives. He finds inside Israel's ancient poetry, prophecy, narrative, and legal covenants new words that create new peoples. In so doing this book provokes a theology of transformation--one that compels new social, economic, and political practices. Brueggemann's reading reveals that we are not fated to live a life of greed, anxiety, and violence, but instead can embrace a shared life of well-being grounded in an investment in the common good. Brueggemann shows the endless ways by which the Bible provokes new life for transformed peoples.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title page, Title Page, Copyright,

Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Poetic Cadences that Create Hope

1. Conflicted Human Agency

2. Conflicted Divine Agency

3. Misbegotten Hope

4. Poems vs. Memos

5. Biblical Language

Part 2. Narrative Complexities that Challenge

6. Food Fight

7. Departure without Arrival

8. The Nightmare of Amnesia

9. The Antidote to Amnesia

10. Double Agency

Part 3. Legal Covenants that Coalesce

11. From Narrative to Policy

12. The God Who Gives Rest

13. Covenantal Risks and Rewards

Part 4. Imaginative Provocations that Compel

14. Testimony

15. Obedience

16. Slow Wisdom

17. Bail Out

18. Jubilee

Retrospect

Notes

Index of Scripture References

Index of Names.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481303217

148130321X

9781481303200

1481303201

9781481302203

1481302205

OCLC:

893676545