Name: Westminster Bible Companion: Isaiah 1-39
Price: 36.00 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780664255244

In this expository commentary, Walter Brueggemann considers the canonical shape of Isaiah and treats the book as a primary theological "script" of the people of God in the Old Testament. Here in volume 1, Brueggemann writes in Isaiah 1-39. He explores Isaiah's richness and density, identifying its theological claims and showing how they are evoked by and addressed to particular historical situations.

Title: Westminster Bible Companion: Isaiah 1-39
By: Walter Brueggemann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1998

Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound
ISBN: 0664255248
ISBN-13: 9780664255244
Series: Westminster Bible Companion
Stock No: WW55248

In this volume, Walter Brueggemann writes on Isaiah 1-39, which many scholars believe had a single author, Isaiah, of the eighth century BCE, who wrote in the context of the Assyrian empire between 742 and 701.

Books in the Westminster Bible Companion series assist laity in their study of the Bible as a guide to Christian faith and practice. Each volume explains the biblical book in its original historical context and explores its significance for faithful living today. These books are ideal for individual study and for Bible study classes and groups.

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 the author of dozens of books, including Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now, Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out, and Truth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age.

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