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Walter Brueggemann

Author of The Prophetic Imagination

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About the Author

Walter Brueggemann is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.

Includes the names: W. Brueggemann, Walter Brueggeman, Walter Bruggemann, Walter Brueggemann, Walter Brueggemann, Walter Brüggemann, Walter Brueggermann, William G Brueggemann, Walter Brueggemann et al., edited by Walter Brueggemann

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Works by Walter Brueggemann

The Prophetic Imagination (1978) 1,491 copies
Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (1986) 902 copies
The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary (1985) 671 copies
Theology Of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy (1997) 627 copies
First and Second Samuel (1990) 488 copies
An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination (2003) 468 copies
Praying the Psalms (1982) 449 copies
Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now (2014) 411 copies
The Bible Makes Sense (1977) 407 copies
A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: 2nd Edition (1999) 406 copies
Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann (2002) 373 copies
The Land: Place As Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith (1977) 329 copies
Finally Comes The Poet (1989) 325 copies
Spirituality of the Psalms (Facets) (2001) 324 copies
The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 1: General Articles on the Bible; General Articles on the Old Testament; Genesis;… (1994) 323 copies
Hopeful Imagination: Prophetic Voices in Exile (1986) 295 copies
Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible and Postmodern Imagination (1993) 274 copies
The Psalms and the Life of Faith (1995) 259 copies
Isaiah 1-39 (1998) 233 copies
Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism: Living in a Three-Storied Universe (1993) 225 copies
Creative Word: Canon As a Model for Biblical Education (1982) 218 copies
Cadences of Home: Preaching Among Exiles (1997) 216 copies
A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming (1998) 216 copies
Prayers for a Privileged People (2008) 201 copies
Isaiah 40-66 (Westminster Bible Companion) (1998) 199 copies
Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes (2002) 196 copies
David's truth (2002) 195 copies
Struggling With Scripture (2002) 188 copies
Journey to the Common Good (2010) 181 copies
Israel's Praise: Doxology Against Idolatry and Ideology (1988) 168 copies
Mandate to Difference: An Invitation to the Contemporary Church (2007) 160 copies
Threat of Life: Sermons on Pain, Power, and Weakness (1996) 151 copies
An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible (2009) 151 copies
The Word Militant: Preaching a Decentering Word (2007) 150 copies
Texts That Linger, Words That Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices (2000) 142 copies
Living Toward a Vision: Biblical Reflections on Shalom (1982) 136 copies
Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann (2004) 135 copies
The vitality of Old Testament traditions (1975) 133 copies
Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Year A (1995) 127 copies
Deep Memory Exuberant Hope (2000) 121 copies
Interpretation and Obedience (1991) 115 copies
1 & 2 Kings: A Commentary (2000) 112 copies
Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Year B (1993) 111 copies
In Man We Trust: The Neglected Side of Biblical Faith (1972) 109 copies
Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks (2014) 108 copies
A Way other than Our Own: Devotions for Lent (2016) 107 copies
The Word That Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship (2006) 104 copies
The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology (2005) 102 copies
The Covenanted Self (1999) 99 copies
Old Testament Theology: Essays on Structure, Theme, and Text (1992) 97 copies
Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of Gods Glory (2002) 94 copies
The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word (2013) 93 copies
Out of Babylon (2010) 92 copies
To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25 (International Theological Commentary) (1988) 90 copies
Truth Speaks to Power: The Countercultural Nature of Scripture (2013) 90 copies
To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly (1656) 87 copies
The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah (Old Testament Theology) (2006) 86 copies
Chosen?: Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1800) 85 copies
Hope within History (1988) 84 copies
Great Prayers of the Old Testament (2008) 84 copies
Like Fire in the Bones: Listening for the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah (2006) 83 copies
Peace (2001) 80 copies
Psalms (New Cambridge Bible Commentary) (2013) 80 copies
Deuteronomy (2001) 79 copies
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann (2011) 78 copies
Names for the Messiah (2016) 76 copies
The New Interpreter's Bible: General Articles & Introduction, Commentary, & Reflections for Each Book of the Bible… 74 copies
Abiding Astonishment: Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of History (1991) 73 copies
Divine Presence Amid Violence: Contextualizing the Book of Joshua (2009) 73 copies
Old Testament Theology: An Introduction (Library of Biblical Theology) (2008) 72 copies
A Social Reading of the Old Testament (1994) 72 copies
Disruptive Grace: Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church (1894) 71 copies
Worship In Ancient Israel: The Essential Guide (Abbingdon's Essential Guides) (2005) 70 copies
Jeremiah 26-52: To Build, To Plant (1991) 69 copies
Testimony to Otherwise: The Witness of Elijah and Elisha (2001) 67 copies
From Whom No Secrets Are Hid: Introducing the Psalms (2014) 67 copies
Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent (2017) 59 copies
Using God's Resources Wisely (1993) 57 copies
Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss, Grief, and Uncertainty (2020) 56 copies
Power, Providence, and Personality: Biblical Insight into Life and Ministry (1990) 55 copies
Tradition for crisis; a study in Hosea (1968) 53 copies
Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out (2018) 51 copies
Hope for the World: Mission in a Global Context (2001) — Editor; Contributor — 50 copies
Many Voices, One God: Being Faithful in a Pluralistic World (1998) 50 copies
Exilic Preaching: Testimony for Christian Exiles in an Increasingly Hostile Culture (1998) 45 copies
Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture: Walter Brueggemann on Confronting Today's Pharaohs (2012) 45 copies
God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann (1998) — Honoree; Contributor — 45 copies
2 Kings (1983) 42 copies
Gift and Task (2017) 39 copies
1 Kings (1983) 35 copies
Money and Possessions (Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church) (2016) 35 copies
A Glad Obedience: Why and What We Sing (2019) 35 copies
Psalmist's Cry: Scripts for Embracing Lament (2010) 33 copies
A Gospel of Hope (2018) 31 copies
A Pathway of Interpretation: The Old Testament for Pastors and Students (2009) 29 copies
From Judgment to Hope: A Study on the Prophets (2019) 28 copies
God, Neighbor, Empire: The Excess of Divine Fidelity and the Command of Common Good (2016) 28 copies
Remember You Are Dust: (2012) 27 copies
Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience (2011) 25 copies
Materiality as resistance : five elements for moral action in the real world (2020) 23 copies
Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy (2018) 23 copies
Into Your Hand: Confronting Good Friday (2014) 22 copies
Confronting the Bible: A resource and discussion book for youth (1968) 20 copies
An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition: The Canon and Christian Imagination (2020) 19 copies
Redescribing Reality: What We Do When We Read the Bible (2009) 19 copies
Authority of the Bible in the New Interpreter's Bible v1 (GN-LV) pp 033-064 18 copies
Preaching from the Old Testament (Working Preacher) (2019) 17 copies
Money and Possessions (2016) 17 copies
An On-Going Imagination: A Conversation about Scripture, Faith, and the Thickness of Relationship (2019) 17 copies
Shaking Heaven and Earth: Essays in Honor of Walter Brueggemann and Charles B. Cousar (Interpretation Bible Studies) (2005) — Honoree — 15 copies
Delivered Out of Empire: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part One (Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament) (2021) 14 copies
Living Countertestimony: Conversations With Walter Brueggemann (2012) 13 copies
Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Years A, B, and C (2007) 13 copies
Advent-Christmas, Series B (1984) 13 copies
Revelation and Violence: A Study in Contextualization (Pere Marquette Theology Lecture) (1986) 13 copies
Solomon: Israel's Ironic Icon Of Human Achievement (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament) (2005) 12 copies
The Practice of Macro Social Work (1996) 12 copies
David and His Theologian: Literary, Social, and Theological Investigations of the Early Monarchy (2011) 11 copies
The Role of Old Testament Theology in Old Testament Interpretation: And Other Essays (2015) 10 copies
Ice Axes for Frozen Seas: A Biblical Theology of Provocation (2014) 10 copies
Countering Pharaoh's Production-Consumption Society Today (2006) 10 copies
Disciplines of readiness (Occasional paper / Theology and Worship Unit, Presbyterian Church) (1988) 10 copies
Truth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age (2020) 9 copies
The God of All Flesh: And Other Essays (2015) 9 copies
Embracing the Transformation (2013) 8 copies
Delivered Into Covenant: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part Two (Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament) (2021) 8 copies
Our Hearts Wait: Worshiping through Praise and Lament in the Psalms (Walter Brueggemann Library) (2022) 8 copies
Gathering the Church in the Spirit: Reflections on Exile and the Inscrutable Wind of God (1995) 8 copies
Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed-Driven Toxicity of the Far Right (2023) 8 copies
The Practice of Homefulness (2014) 8 copies
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Volume 3 (2020) 7 copies
Deliver Us: Salvation and the Liberating God of the Bible (Walter Brueggemann Library) (2022) 7 copies
Returning from the Abyss: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah (2022) 7 copies
Preaching Jeremiah: Announcing God's Restorative Passion (Working Preacher) (2020) 7 copies
Easter, Series A (1989) 7 copies
Word that Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship (2006) 6 copies
Social Criticism and Social Vision in Ancient Israel (2016) 6 copies
A Wilderness Zone (2021) 5 copies
Acting in the Wake: Prayers for Justice (2023) 4 copies
Hope Restored (2023) 4 copies
"And God Saw That It Was Good" : Essays on Creation and God in Honor of Terrence E. Fretheim (2006) 4 copies
Ethos and ecumenism, an evangelical blend: A history of Eden Theological Seminary, 1925-1975 (1975) 3 copies
Belonging and Growing in the Christian Community 3 copies
Hope restored : Biblical imagination against empire (2023) 3 copies
THE RENEWING WORD (1968) 2 copies
Rebuilding the Foundations 2 copies
Old Testament Theology: Canon or Testimony (2023) 2 copies
Walter Brueggemann / Genesis Interpretation Bible Commentary for Teaching 1982 (1982) 2 copies
Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggeman 2 copies
Following into risky obedience : prayers along the journey 2 copies
Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss, Grief, and Anxiety 2 copies
Entrare nella parola di Dio. Come lasciarsi interpellare dalla Scrittura (2009) 2 copies
Teologia do Antigo Testamento. Testemunho, Disputa e Defesa 1 copy
Festival of the church : celebrating the legacy of the Evangelical Synod of North America, September 1977 1 copy
Walter Brueggemann / Message of the Psalms A Theological Commentary 1984 1 copy
Chosen? 1 copy
Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 - January 1974 1 copy
Tradition for Crisis A Study in Hosea 1 copy
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann - Three-Volume Set (2020) 1 copy
From Obedience to Praise Psalm 73 1 copy
Praying in Absence Disk 2 Psalms 1 copy
The Descent into Truth Disk 1 1 copy
Interpretation-First and Second Samuel 1 copy
Countering Pharaoh's Production-Comsumption Society Today - DVD series 1 copy
Real World Faith 1 copy
The gospel in a frightened culture 1 copy
Practicing Neighborhood 1 copy
A Perspective on ordination : a paper offered to the United Church of Christ by the faculty of Eden Theological… 1 copy
An Ending that Does Not End: The Book of Jeremiah 1 copy
What are Christians for? An inquiry into obedience and dissent. 1 copy
Heavenly news: Understanding the origin of the universe (Cathedral papers) 1 copy
Book - The Permanence of POWER and Thin Traces of TRUTH (2001) 1 copy
Dialogic Thickness in a Monologic Culture 1 copy
Rethinking Church Models Through Scripture 1 copy
Prophetic Ministry in the National Security State 1 copy
Proclamation 4 : aids for interpreting the lessons of the church year, Easter 1 copy
Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Deuteronomy 1 copy
A January Adventure In Emerging Christianity - Obedient Faith Amid Empire; Social Ethics for Social Justice, Economy,… 1 copy
The Bible and Postmodern Imagination: Texts Under Negotiation by Walter Brueggemann (31-May-2012) Paperback (1600) 1 copy
A terra na biblia 1 copy
Live Like You Give a Damn!: Join the Changemaking Celebration 1 copy
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Vols. 1-2 1 copy
Symmetry and Extremity in the Images of YHWH 1 copy
The Evangelical catechism revisited, 1847-1972 1 copy
Sabbath as resistance. Sessions 1-4. Leader's guides and reader's copies 1 copy
On The Way, vol 1, #2 Winter 1982-83: Authority in the Church 1 copy
Dreaming, Being Home, Finding Strangers 1 copy
Preaching a Sub-Version 1 copy
Lamentations and the Tears of the World 1 copy
Exodus : introduction, commentary and reflections in the New Interpreter's Bible v1 (GN-LV) pp 675-982 1 copy
A Terra na Bíblia: dom, promessa e desafio 1 copy
Teologia dell'Antico Testamento. Testimonianza, dibattimento, perorazione (2002) 1 copy
Conflict From Above (CD) 2012 School for Leadership Training 1 copy
Sabbath As A Means Of Transition..(CD)2012 School For Leadership Training 1 copy
Conflict From Below (CD)2012 School For Leadership Training 1 copy
Delivered out of Empire: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part One (Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament) 1 copy
Land Revised Edition (Overtures to Biblical Theology): Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith, 2nd… 1 copy
Theology of the Old Testament: testimony, dispute, advocacy 1 copy
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The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present (2002) — Contributor — 172 copies
Renewing Biblical Interpretation (2000) — Contributor — 116 copies
The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology (2003) — Contributor — 84 copies
Moral Issues and Christian Responses (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 83 copies
The Word on the Street: Performing the Scriptures in the Urban Context (2000) — Foreword — 60 copies
The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible (2001) — Contributor — 58 copies
Lamentations and the Tears of the World (2002) — Foreword — 57 copies
The End of the World and the Ends of God: Science and Theology on Eschatology (Theology for the Twenty-First Century) (2000) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Child in the Bible (2008) — Contributor — 48 copies
The Bible in Pastoral Practice: Readings in the Place and Function of Scripture in the Church (Using the Bible in… (2005) — Contributor — 47 copies
Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile (2019) — Foreword, some editions — 43 copies
The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness (Library of Theological Ethics) (2004) — Contributor — 42 copies
Called to Lead: Paul's Letters to Timothy for a New Day (2012) — Foreword — 23 copies
Social Scientific Old Testament Criticism: A Sheffield Reader (Biblical Seminar Series ; Volume 47)) (1997) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Poetical Books (The Biblical Seminar, 41) (1990) — Contributor — 20 copies
Joshua and Judges (2013) — Contributor — 15 copies
Contesting texts : Jews and Christians in conversation about the Bible (2007) — Contributor — 14 copies
Understanding the Word: Essays in Honor of Bernhard W. Anderson (1984) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Bible in Human Society: Essays in Honour of John Rogerson (JSOT Supplement) (1995) — Contributor — 13 copies
Reading The Book Of Jeremiah: A Search For Coherence (2004) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Bible and the American future (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies
Believing Aloud: Reflections on Being Religious in the Public Square (2010) — Foreword — 7 copies
The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum) (2004) — Contributor — 7 copies
Parental Guidance Advised: Adult Preaching from the Old Testament (2013) — Contributor — 5 copies

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