The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions, Revised Edition

by Walter Brueggemann and Hans Walter Wolff

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This book offers the best current handling of Pentateuchal traditions as they operated in the past and as they help the church now. Hans Walter Wolff sees Israel's faith tradition as a continuous kerygmatic response to a variety of cultural challenges. Walter Brueggemann introduces this dynamic view of tradition. Both authors approach the Pentateuch as a treasury of new expressions of faith resulting from conflicts between traditional formulas and changing social conditions. Today's church can remain spiritually alive only if its traditions continue to be as resilient as they were in the Old Testament community. Wolff and Brueggemann affirm that modern crises of faith should be met with fresh articulations in the manner of ancient Israel-- innovative and pertinent if they are strengthened by the relevance of the past.

  • ISBN10 0804201129
  • ISBN13 9780804201124
  • Publish Date 1 September 1985
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.