A Social Reading of the Old Testament Anthony Astbury former director of CIA's clandestine

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A Social Reading of the Old Testament Anthony Astbury former director of CIA's clandestineIn this book Walter Brueggemann raises a variety of contemporary and intriguing questions on the relation of society and text in the Old Testament, among themthe hidden agendas that underlie the making and reading of Scripture the conflictual tension in ancient Israel the cry to God of the oppressed and God's response the political dimension of mercy theodicy, violence, horses, and chariotsBrueggemann opens to a variety of readers a compelling picture