Walter Brueggemann

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Walter Brueggemann (* 1933 in Tilden (Nebraska) ) is an American theologian whose academic and journalistic focus is on the Old Testament .

Life

Brueggemann's father was a German-born Protestant clergyman in Tilden. He passed on his love and connection to the Bible so that he wanted to study theology as well. He graduated from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois in 1955 with an Artium Baccalaureus majoring in sociology and in 1958 a Bachelor of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary , Webster Groves . He became an ordained pastor of the United Church of Christ . Under James Muilenberg, he received his doctorate in Old Testament theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 1961 and in education at Saint Louis University in 1974 . From 1961 to 1986 he was Professor of Old Testament at Eden Theological Seminary. He then received the William Marcellus McPheeters Professorship for Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur , Georgia, where he retired in 2003 .

Teaching and work

Brueggemann was strongly influenced by the insights of the French Reformed theologian Paul Ricoeur . He is an advocate and advocate of rhetorical exegesis ( rhetorical criticism ) in biblical interpretation . He also emphasizes the polyphonic character of the Old Testament, which polyvalent interpretations would do better. Differences, ambiguities and contradictions in the texts should remain, because the God of Israel is also complex and puzzling. He has written over a hundred books, authored hundreds of magazine articles and edited various commentaries on books in the Bible. In the 1990s, Brueggemann took part in Bill Moyer's television series for the book Genesis on the television station PBS .

Private

Brueggemann is married to Tia and they live in Traverse City , Michigan .

Fonts

  • The Prophetic Imagination. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1978, ISBN 0-8006-1337-6 .
  • Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. John Knox Press, Atlanta 1982, ISBN 0-8042-3101-X .
  • The Message of the Psalms. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1984; New Cambridge Bible Commentary, 2014
  • To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988, ISBN 0-8028-0367-9 .
  • Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-8006-2394-0 .
  • First and Second Samuel: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. John Knox Press, Atlanta 1990, ISBN 0-8042-3108-7 .
  • To Build, to Plant: A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1991, ISBN 1-871828-13-9 .
  • The Book of Exodus in The New Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 1. Abingdon Press, Nashville 1994, ISBN 0-687-27814-7 .
  • A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Mich 1998, ISBN 0-8028-0280-X .
  • Isaiah 1-39. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky 1998, ISBN 0-664-25524-8 .
  • Isaiah 40-66. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky 1998, ISBN 0-664-25791-7 .
  • 1 & 2 Kings: Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-57312-065-0 .
  • Deuteronomy: Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries. Abingdon Press, 2001, ISBN 0-687-08471-7 .
  • Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 0-664-22231-5 .
  • An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, ISBN 0-664-22412-1 .
  • The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology. 2005, ISBN 0-8006-3667-8 .
  • Theology of the Old Testament. Fortress Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8006-3765-8 .
  • The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah. Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-60629-2 .

Most of Walter Brueggemann's publications have not been translated into German. This collection of essays is an exception:

  • Polyphony and Imagination: Essays on Old Testament Theology. Lang, 2004, ISBN 3-631-52638-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum vitae on the Columbia Theological Seminary website ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 13 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ctsnet.edu
  2. ^ Brad Winters: A Conversation with Walter Brueggemann , Interview, website imagejournal.org
  3. ↑ Manuel Schmid: God is an adventurer. Open Theism and the Challenges of Biblical Divine Speech, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2020, pp. 223–234
  4. ↑ Documented in Bill Moyers, Genesis: A Living Conversation. Main Street Books, 1997, ISBN 0-385-49043-7 .
  5. ↑ Walter Brueggemann Biography (English)
personal data
SURNAME Brueggemann, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Protestant theologian (Old Testament scholar)
DATE OF BIRTH 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Tilden, Nebraska