The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith - 2nd Edition
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The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith - 2nd Edition  -     By: Walter Brueggemann

The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith - 2nd Edition

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(PUBFortress)The Promised Land has played an important role in Jewish life from the days of Abraham to the rise of modern Zionism. Brueggemann elaborates on major Old Testament themes---land as gift, as temptation, as task, and as threat---plus tackles how to view the Babylonian exile and the Diaspora. 225 pages, softcover.

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Title: The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith - 2nd Edition
By: Walter Brueggemann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2002
Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 X 0.63 (inches)
Weight: 11 ounces
ISBN: 0800634624
ISBN-13: 9780800634629
Series: Overtures to Biblical Theology
Stock No: WW34623

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The land was one of the most vibrant symbols for the people of ancient Israel. In the landgift, promise, and challengewas found the physical source of Israel's fertility and life, and a place for the gathering of the hopes of the covenant people. In this careful treatment, Walter Brueggemann follows the development of his theme through the major blocks of Israel's traditions. The book provides a point of entrance both to the theology of the Old Testament and to aspects of the New Testamenteven as it illuminates crucial issues of the contemporary scene. In this fully revised version, Brueggemann provides new insights, as well as updating the discussion, notes, and bibliography.

Author Bio

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian of today. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology.

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