God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann

by Tod Linafelt (Editor), Timothy Beal (Editor)

This volume engages the work of Walter Brueggemann, most of which has been published by Fortress Press. The volume centers on the character of God in the text of the Old Testament as a site of theological tension and even ambivalence. Biblical faith never experiences God as entirely above the fray but rather as entangled in history, astonishingly transformative, and impinged upon by the voices of the suffering. Brueggemann's monumental Theology of the Old Testament addresses this fact with great theological insight and rigor, and the internationally renowned biblical scholars writing here engage and extend his insights into the "unsettled Character . . . at the center of the text."

368 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Tod Linafelt is professor of biblical literature in the Theology Department at Georgetown University.