Brueggemann forces us to unblinkingly confront the God actually presented in the Old Testament, not the God we wish was there via the colored glasses of our Western rationalistic theology. He shows us that the

I was interested in the chapter on ‘re-reading the prophets’ in this Marcus Borg book I am reading, ‘Reading the Bible Again for the First Time.’ He says that the message of the prophets, in

p. 44 : “namely the uniqueness” but it also raises another theological issue, namely the uniqueness of Israel’s religion vis–vis other ancient Near Eastern religions. That there are striking similarities between Israel and her neighbors

I heard on the OT course this morning that the ‘American School’of biblical archaeology, with W.F. Albright, the one I always heard had found all kinds of supportive evidence for the Bible, was later judged

The Survivors Write the History: a brief book note on a new book on the Old Testament April 7, 2013 By peteenns 10 Comments I recently began reading The Legacy of Israel in Judah’s Bible: