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    <![CDATA[The Prophetic Imagination]]>
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    <![CDATA[In this challenging and enlightening treatment, Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Here he traces the broad sweep from Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus. He highlights that the prophetic vision not only embraces the pain of the people but creates an energy and amazement based on the new thing that God is doing. In this new edition, Brueggemann has completely revised the text, updated the notes, and added a new preface.    <p>Contents<br/>  --Preface <br/>  --The Alternative Community of Moses<br/>  --The Royal Consciousness: Countering the Counter-Culture<br/>  --Prophetic Criticizing and the Embrace of Pain<br/>  --Prophetic Energizing and the Emergence of Amazement<br/>  --Criticism and Pathos in Jesus of Nazareth<br/>  --Energizing and Amazement in Jesus of Nazareth<br/>  --A Note on the Practice of Ministry</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann]]>
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    <![CDATA[This thoughtful collection of prayers emerged from Brueggemann's thirty-five years of teaching in seminaries. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they reveal another side of this gifted author from what his many readers are accustomed to. These deeply felt and sparklingly articulated prayers reflect a wide range of life experiences. As readers, we are taken from the depths of pain and loss to the heights of joy and praise. The author takes on life in its fullest as he utters his praise and lament, petition and thanksgiving. Brueggemann's prayers lead us to deeper commitment, deeper faith, and deeper reflection. The volume also includes an index of biblical allusions that will be useful for preachers as well as the general reader looking for the biblical roots of these fears, hopes, struggles, and aspirations.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2003</published>
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    <![CDATA[Genesis]]>
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    <![CDATA[Each biblical book is presented for its most effective use by teacher or preacher, taking into consideratoin its centra purpose, its use in the liturgical and confessional tradition and in lectionaries, and its special significance for Christian ethics and theology.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1982</published>
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    <![CDATA[Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy]]>
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  <ratings_count>17</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[This paperback edition of Walter Brueggemann's classic  work makes this important volume available at a lower  price and accompanied by a CD-ROM that enhances its  usefulness in numerous ways. Using the Libronix software,  with helpful features for the user (searching, bookmarking,  highlighting, auto-footnoting, note taking), the CD-ROM  also includes chapter summaries, discussion questions, and  web links to Brueggemann resources (articles, interviews,  reviews).]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1997</published>
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    <![CDATA[Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1989</published>
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    <![CDATA[The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary]]>
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    <![CDATA[This scholarly study of the Psalms retains its rigor while focusing particularly on the pastoral use of the Psalms, looking at how they may function as voices of faith in the actual life of the believing community. - PUBLISHER  STATEMENT]]>
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    <![CDATA[An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination]]>
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    <![CDATA[America's premier biblical theologian offers an outstanding introductory textbook on the broad theological scope and chronological sweep of the Old Testament.  Covering every book of the Old Testament&#151;in the order in which it appears in the Hebrew Bible&#151;the Introduction explains, without unnecessary jargon, the most important issues and methods in contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament&#151;literary, historical, and theological.]]>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">271119</id>
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    <![CDATA[Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible and Postmodern Imagination]]>
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    <![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann issues a passionate call for a bold restructuring of the imagination of faith in our &quot;postmodern&quot; context.    Old assumptions-rational, objectivist, absolutist-have for the most part given way to new outlooks, which can be grouped under the term postmodern. What does this new situation imply for the church and for Christian proclamation? Can one find in this new situation opportunity as well as dilemma? How can central biblical themes-self, world, and community-be interpreted and imagined creatively and concretely in this new context?    Our task, Brueggemann contends, is not to construct a full alternative world, but rather to fund-to provide the pieces, materials, and resources out of which a new world can be imagined. The place of liturgy and proclamation is &quot;a place where people come to receive new materials, or old materials freshly voiced, which will fund, feed, nurture, nourish, legitimate, and authorize a conterimagination of the world.&quot;     Six exegetical examples of such a new approach to the biblical text are included.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1993</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">271947</id>
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    <![CDATA[Hopeful Imagination: Prophetic Voices in Exile]]>
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  <ratings_count>12</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Professor Brueggemann here examines the literature and experience of an era in which Israel's prophets faced the pastoral responsibility of helping people to enter into exile, to be in exile, and to depart out of exile. He addresses three major prophetic traditions: Jeremiah (the pathos of God), Ezekiel (the holiness of God), and 2 Isaiah (the newness of God). This literature is seen to contain the theological resources for handling both brokenness and surprise — with freedom, courage, and imagination. Throughout, Brueggemann demonstrates how these resources offer vitality for ministry today.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1986</published>
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    <![CDATA[Praying the Psalms, Second Edition: Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit]]>
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        <book>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Land: Place As Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith]]>
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    <![CDATA[The land was one of the most vibrant symbols for the people of ancient Israel. In the land&#151;gift, promise, and challenge&#151;was 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 Testament&#151;even 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.]]>
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    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1978</published>
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        <book>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[First and Second Samuel]]>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>9</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann's work on 1 and 2 Samuel is a contribution to Interpretation, a set of full-length commentaries written specifically for those who interpret the Bible through teaching and preaching in the church.]]>
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    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1990</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">1203195</id>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bible Makes Sense]]>
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  <average_rating>3.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[This unique how to book about the Bible goes beyond simply introducing major themes. The author offers an engaging biblical understanding of the world that leads to joy, life, and wholeness, described in an insightful synthesis tht enlivens the Scriptures. Brueggemann suggests that insiders to biblical faith will find energy and illumination that outsiders never guess at.]]>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1977</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271911</id>
  <isbn>0800634500</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800634506</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Spirituality of the Psalms]]>
  </title>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271911.Spirituality_of_the_Psalms</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Capturing the depth of the Psalms  <p>The seasons of our lives change. Using a model of orientation&#151;disorientation&#151;new orientation, Brueggemann explores how the genres of the Psalms can be viewed in terms of their function. This results in fresh readings of these ancient songs that illumine their spiritual depth. The voices of the Psalms come through in all their bold realism.</p>]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2001</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271928</id>
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  <isbn13>9780664224851</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Struggling With Scripture]]>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311846s/271928.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271928.Struggling_With_Scripture</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>136180</id>
        <name><![CDATA[William C. Placher]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/136180.William_C_Placher]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>48</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>6</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>158508</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Brian K. Blount]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/158508.Brian_K_Blount]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.57</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>21</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271914</id>
  <isbn>0800634616</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800634612</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[David's Truth: In Israel's Imagination and Memory]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311831m/271914.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311831s/271914.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271914.David_s_Truth_In_Israel_s_Imagination_and_Memory</link>
  <average_rating>3.57</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1985</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271917</id>
  <isbn>0800632370</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800632373</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311832m/271917.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311832s/271917.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271917.Deep_Memory_Exuberant_Hope_Contested_Truth_in_a_Post_Christian_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.80</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[These studies on a variety of biblical texts focus deftly on reading, listening to, and proclaiming the gospel in a broken, fragmented, and &#147;post-Christendom&#148; world. Brueggemann explores how these traditions have the potential to continually resonate in our contemporary communities and individual lives.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2000</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271955</id>
  <isbn>0800627334</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800627331</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Psalms and the Life of Faith]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271955.The_Psalms_and_the_Life_of_Faith</link>
  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann's unique gift of joining historical-exegetical insights to penetrating observations about the traumas and joys of contemporary life—both personal and social—is here forcefully displayed. Everyone who is familiar with his work knows the power of his speech about &quot;doxological, polemical, political, subversive, evangelical faith: and about the ways such faith is enacted in the praise of ancient Israel and in the church.    Readers of this book will find fresh insight into:    the Psalms as prayer and praise    the categories of the Psalms    the social context in which psalms were prayed and sung    the theology of the Psalms    the dialogical character of the Psalms    justice and injustice in the Psalms    the study and &quot;use&quot; of the Psalms by the church    praise as an act of basic trust and abandonment    the impossible wonders of God's activity that overturn conventional ways of thinking and acting]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1995</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">647411</id>
  <isbn>0800635612</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800635619</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Like Fire in the Bones: Listening for the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah]]>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176722961s/647411.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/647411.Like_Fire_in_the_Bones_Listening_for_the_Prophetic_Word_in_Jeremiah</link>
  <average_rating>4.40</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2006</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271933</id>
  <isbn>1579100643</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781579100643</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311848m/271933.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311848s/271933.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271933.To_Act_Justly_Love_Tenderly_Walk_Humbly</link>
  <average_rating>4.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1986</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271912</id>
  <isbn>0800636465</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800636463</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311814s/271912.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271912.Inscribing_the_Text_Sermons_and_Prayers_of_Walter_Brueggemann</link>
  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This volume contains the most recent collection of Walter Brueggemann's sermons and prayers. That would be notable in itself: another dazzling set of words from a man whose sheer energy and creativity make us wonder if he is climbing Sinai every morning, for dictation. Yet this book is more than a collection.]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1203206</id>
  <isbn>0800631765</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800631765</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Covenanted Self: Explorations in Law and Covenant]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181844430m/1203206.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181844430s/1203206.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1203206.The_Covenanted_Self_Explorations_in_Law_and_Covenant</link>
  <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The leading Old Testament theologian confronts issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice.  <p>These exciting studies on the first five books of the Bible cover a wide range of topics, challenging the reader to confront the issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice in an every-changing world. Brueggemann sets the issues of praise and lament, grace and duty, truth and power in new frames of reference that call for a response. He demonstrates that the Christian reader of the Bible cannot blithely pass over the Pentateuch as simply pre-Christian and without relevance. His creative use of metaphor and imagination invite the reader to encounter freshly in these biblical texts God's call and the work of justice.</p>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1999</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271948</id>
  <isbn>0800627342</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800627348</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Social Reading of the Old Testament: Prophetic Approaches to Israel's Communnal Life]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311884m/271948.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311884s/271948.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271948.A_Social_Reading_of_the_Old_Testament_Prophetic_Approaches_to_Israel_s_Communnal_Life</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1994</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1172794</id>
  <isbn>0687412331</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780687412334</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism: Living in a Three-storied Universe]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181626570m/1172794.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181626570s/1172794.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1172794.Biblical_Perspectives_on_Evangelism_Living_in_a_Three_storied_Universe</link>
  <average_rating>3.60</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1993</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271935</id>
  <isbn>0800620445</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800620448</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Israel's Praise: Doxology Against Idolatry and Ideology]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311863m/271935.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311863s/271935.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271935.Israel_s_Praise_Doxology_Against_Idolatry_and_Ideology</link>
  <average_rating>4.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1988</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">2589642</id>
  <isbn>0687650194</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780687650194</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Prayers for a Privileged People]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2589642.Prayers_for_a_Privileged_People</link>
  <average_rating>4.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In Prayers for a Privileged People, this much-published author sculpts as carefully as if with chisel prayers on behalf of those who are people of privilege and entitlement the haves at an urgent moment in our society. The privileged face, on the one hand, the seduction of denial or, on the other, the temptation of despair. These prayers of wisdom and prophetic power remind us that when things go wrong , when we are afraid , and when we feel prodded by those who lack voice, there is a conversation we can have a conversation situated amid the promises and commands of God.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2008</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271905</id>
  <isbn>0827238282</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780827238282</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Peace]]>
  </title>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271905.Peace</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Each book in this series provides an in-depth look at a major recurring biblical theme and its lasting theological influence. The series is designed to enhance the reader's understanding of our biblical heritage and its relevance to faithful life today.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2001</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">582715</id>
  <isbn>0800629752</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800629755</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Threat of Life: Sermons on Pain, Power, and Weakness]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223662527m/582715.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223662527s/582715.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/582715.The_Threat_of_Life_Sermons_on_Pain_Power_and_Weakness</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[These twenty-two sermons from a master interpreter demonstrate how ancient texts can speak to the whole gamut of human experience even now. Included in Walter Brueggemann's preview are keen observations about the timeless issues of human life, both personal and social: the pain we face, often inflicted on each other; the use and abuse of power; the weakness and fragility of life; the redemptive power of faith; and much more.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1996</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271939</id>
  <isbn>080061626X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800616267</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Creative Word: Canon As a Model for Biblical Education]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311866m/271939.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311866s/271939.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271939.Creative_Word_Canon_As_a_Model_for_Biblical_Education</link>
  <average_rating>3.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann continues to be in the forefront of those who are insisting that even the guilt of scholarship recognize that the genuine nature of the Bible is in its function as canon in the believing communities that find their identity in it. This book allows the reader to view the function of the three canonical complexes of the Old Testament. Everyone engaged in teaching of proclaiming God's word needs to struggle with the issues raised by the author to avoid prophetic naivete on the one hand and institutional ossification on the other. It's filled with stimulating insights and pertinent observations and should prove of real value to religious educators of all faiths. Brueggmann proposes that the three-part canon of the Old Testament -- Torah, Prophets and writings -- should be the basis for all Christian education. Useful for church leaders, clergy and lay people.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1982</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">84711</id>
  <isbn>0664255248</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664255244</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Isaiah (Westminster Bible Companion) (Volume 1, Chapters 1-39)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171057150m/84711.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171057150s/84711.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84711.Isaiah</link>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1998</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271903</id>
  <isbn>0664222315</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664222314</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311811m/271903.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311811s/271903.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271903.Reverberations_of_Faith_A_Theological_Handbook_of_Old_Testament_Themes</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271938</id>
  <isbn>0800624785</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800624781</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Interpretation and Obedience: From Faithful Reading to Faithful Living]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311865m/271938.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311865s/271938.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271938.Interpretation_and_Obedience_From_Faithful_Reading_to_Faithful_Living</link>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1991</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271915</id>
  <isbn>080280280X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802802804</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311831m/271915.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311831s/271915.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271915.A_Commentary_on_Jeremiah_Exile_and_Homecoming</link>
  <average_rating>4.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This widely praised expository commentary by Walter Brueggemann--one of the premier Old Testament scholars of our time--explores the social and historical mileau of Jerimiah and offers a theological interpretation of this pivotal book.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1998</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1172795</id>
  <isbn>0800632311</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800632311</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Texts That Linger, Words That Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181626574m/1172795.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181626574s/1172795.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1172795.Texts_That_Linger_Words_That_Explode_Listening_to_Prophetic_Voices</link>
  <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[These studies on the prophetic texts from the Hebrew Bible cover a wide range of topics,  challenging the reader to confront the issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice in an ever-changing  world. Brueggemann explores how these prophetic traditions have the potential to continually resonate in  our contemporary communities and individual lives. Rather than dead words to kingdoms no longer in  existence, the Israelite and Judean prophets have an enduring impact on how God challenges our values,  our perspectives--and our very lives. Brueggemann has become well known for providing fresh  perspective on ancient texts, always in conversation with great thinkers and people of faith.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2000</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271932</id>
  <isbn>0664251382</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664251383</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Power, Providence, and Personality]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311847m/271932.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311847s/271932.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271932.Power_Providence_and_Personality</link>
  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1990</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271929</id>
  <isbn>159752557X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781597525572</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[In Man We Trust: The Neglected Side of Biblical Faith]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271929.In_Man_We_Trust_The_Neglected_Side_of_Biblical_Faith</link>
  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1973</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271908</id>
  <isbn>080063814X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800638146</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Word That Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311813m/271908.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311813s/271908.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271908.The_Word_That_Redescribes_the_World_The_Bible_and_Discipleship</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In the last several years, Walter Brueggemann's writings have directly addressed the situation of Christian communities in today's globalized context, with its consumerist lifestyles, vast inequalities, and near-imperial exercises of power. His insights, forged in rugged encounters with the texts of the Old Testament, are sharp, painful, and indispensable. In the people Israel Brueggemann finds a model of an alternative community &#151; anchored in YHWH, ever exploring new possibilities, and prophetically bent against empire.  <p>Part I: The Word Redescribing the World Part II: The Word Redefining the Possible Part III: The Word Shaping a Community of Discipleship</p>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>85744</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Patrick D. Miller]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/85744.Patrick_D_Miller]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.30</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>1</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2006</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271930</id>
  <isbn>082980613X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780829806137</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Living Toward a Vision: Biblical Reflections on Shalom]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311846m/271930.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311846s/271930.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271930.Living_Toward_a_Vision_Biblical_Reflections_on_Shalom</link>
  <average_rating>3.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A classic set of biblical reflections on peace and on the church's role to foster peace in the world.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1976</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">148929</id>
  <isbn>066425134X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664251345</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Abiding Astonishment: Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of History]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172198848m/148929.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172198848s/148929.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/148929.Abiding_Astonishment_Psalms_Modernity_and_the_Making_of_History</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This examination of the &quot;Psalms of Historical Recital&quot; reviews this portion of scripture's social-political intention and function. Focusing on Psalms 78, 105, 106, and 136, Brueggemann considers these psalms on their own terms and then applies them to the areas of modernity and marginality.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1991</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271949</id>
  <isbn>0802839304</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802839305</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of Gods Glory]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311884m/271949.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311884s/271949.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271949.Ichabod_Toward_Home_The_Journey_of_Gods_Glory</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
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    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
</book>

        <book>
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  <isbn>0687013488</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780687013487</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3293042.A_Theological_Introduction_to_the_Old_Testament</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[]]>
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    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>56248</id>
        <name><![CDATA[David L. Petersen]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/56248.David_L_Petersen]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>21</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>1</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>77467</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Terence E. Fretheim]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77467.Terence_E_Fretheim]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.78</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>37</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>1</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1999</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271942</id>
  <isbn>0800626648</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800626648</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Land Is Mine: Six Biblical Land Ideologies]]>
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  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Norman C. Habel examines the &quot;theology of land&quot; as it is reflected in the Old Testament. He identifies six separate ideologies in the Bible: Royal, agrarian, theocratic, ancestral, household, and immigrant. This study has special pertinence for our times.]]>
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    <id>69812</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Norman C. Habel]]></name>
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    <average_rating>3.17</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>0</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1995</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271940</id>
  <isbn>0800636678</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780800636678</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311866m/271940.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311866s/271940.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271940.The_Book_That_Breathes_New_Life_Scriptural_Authority_and_Biblical_Theology</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1478070</id>
  <isbn>0804209189</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780804209182</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Hope Within History]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184018657s/1478070.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1478070.Hope_Within_History</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1987</published>
</book>

        <book>
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  <isbn>0664231748</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664231743</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[Great Prayers of the Old Testament]]>
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  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5026234.Great_Prayers_of_the_Old_Testament</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2008</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1114784</id>
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  <isbn13>9780687084715</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[Deuteronomy]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181114068s/1114784.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1114784.Deuteronomy</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2001</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6146241</id>
  <isbn>1597525359</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781597525350</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Learning to Sing in a Strange Land: When a Loved One Goes to Prison]]>
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  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6146241.Learning_to_Sing_in_a_Strange_Land_When_a_Loved_One_Goes_to_Prison</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>1745099</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wesley Stevens]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1745099.Wesley_Stevens]]></link>
    <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>0</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2009</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">495438</id>
  <isbn>0664254608</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664254605</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Using God's Resources Wisely]]>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175220893s/495438.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/495438.Using_God_s_Resources_Wisely</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6746856</id>
  <isbn>1556355890</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781556355899</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Pathway of Interpretation: The Old Testament for Pastors and Students]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6746856-a-pathway-of-interpretation</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2009</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">705424</id>
  <isbn>0687343364</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780687343362</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Worship In Ancient Israel: The Essential Guide]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177453784m/705424.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177453784s/705424.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/705424.Worship_In_Ancient_Israel_The_Essential_Guide</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1172791</id>
  <isbn>066422461X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780664224615</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Hope for the World: Mission in a Global Context]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181626528m/1172791.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181626528s/1172791.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1172791.Hope_for_the_World_Mission_in_a_Global_Context</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2007</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271945</id>
  <isbn>1570035784</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781570035784</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Solomon: Israel's Ironic Icon Of Human Achievement]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311883m/271945.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311883s/271945.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271945.Solomon_Israel_s_Ironic_Icon_Of_Human_Achievement</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this study of Solomon and his place in the larger consciousness of Israel, Walter Brueggemann considers what Old Testament narratives regarding David's heir reveal about the aspirations and ideals of the ancient Israelite people. On the supposition that figures of legend and lore disclose much about the societies celebrating them, Brueggemann examines assertions about Solomon, a man praised for his wealth, wisdom, and power and depicted as an example of enormous human achievement. Looking beneath the surface of these claims, however, Brueggemann notes that an irony permeates the tradition and invites critique of accepted beliefs. Through close attention to nuances of the biblical text, he exposes the competing interpretive voices that claim to offer a reliable rendering of Solomon. <p>Brueggemann shows how the tradition of Solomon becomes an arena for interpretive contestation in Israel and suggests that the text makes available not historical reportage but a conflicted pluralistic attempt to sort out the reality of human power in the matrix of covenantal Beyond the primary narrative of 1 Kings 3-11, Brueggemann evaluates the derivative traditions of Solomon in Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Wisdom of Solomon, and some of the Psalms. He also considers references to Solomon in the New Testament and in extrascriptural traditions connected with and attributed to him.</p>]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>48472</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Walter Brueggemann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48472.Walter_Brueggemann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>459</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>63</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">271934</id>
  <isbn>0814651224</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780814651223</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Wisdom of Creation]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311863m/271934.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173311863s/271934.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271934.The_Wisdom_of_Creation</link>
  <average_rating>0.0</average_rating>
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