num_pages: 224
description: The remarkable thing about the Old Testament is the persistence of its visions of a better humanity and a better world. Rather than seek to establish what people may or may not once have believed in ancient Israel John W. Rogerson addresses the human condition in today's world asking what interpreters are doing today when they invoke the biblical texts. He draws on the insights of modern thinkers including Benjamin and Bloch Adorno and Horkheimer Assmann and Habermas to explore the dynamics of cultural memory in human communication.
language: English
title: A Theology of the Old Testament: Cultural Memory, Communication, and Being Human
publisher: Fortress Press