Texts for Preaching, Year A: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV

by Walter Brueggemann (Editor)

Based on the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, this third in a series of three volumes provides resources for an entire year of sermons and offers practical help for preachers and others who use the Revised Common Lectionary. Beginning with Advent, this unique and comprehensive resource deals with lectionary texts for Year A. Each of the four texts--the Old Testament, Psalter, Gospel, and Epistle--for each Sunday and important festival day, including Christmas, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday, is treated. A brief introdution for the day indicates the general thrust of the texts and the relationships among them, emphasizing the interpretation of the texts themselves. Also included are suggestions concerning the implications of the texts for life today.

589 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Walter Brueggemann was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is widely considered an influential Old Testament scholar. His work often focused on the Hebrew prophetic tradition and the sociopolitical imagination of the Church. He argued that the Church must provide a counter-narrative to the dominant forces of consumerism, militarism, and nationalism.

Reviews

[Susie Webster-toleno · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this and the other two volumes in the series quite regularly during three cycles of the RCL and stumbled across new insights each time. I'm using the narrative lectionary now, so no longer using this series but will keep it in case I switch back.