Truth speaks to power
Subtitle: the countercultural nature of scripture
By: Walter Brueggemann
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Louisville, Kentucky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780664239145
Subjects: Bibel; Power (Christian theology); Bible; Truth; Biblical teaching; Politische Theologie; Criticism, interpretation; Wahrheit; Theology
Description: World-renowned biblical interpreter Walter Brueggemann invites readers to take a closer look at the subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that the Bible presents a "sustained contestation" over truth, in which established institutions of power do not always prevail. But this is not always obvious at first glance. A closer look reveals that the text actually contradicts the apparent meaning of an innocent, face-value reading. Brueggemann invites the reader into this thick complexity of the textual reading, where the authority of power is undermined in cunning and compelling ways. He insists that we are--as readers and interpreters--always contestants for truth, whether we recognize ourselves as such or not. -- Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Truth speaks to power: Moses; title: Visible power, truth cunningly subversive: Solomon; title: Truth has its day: Elisha; title: Truth transforms power: Josiah; title: Power and truth among us.