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Walter Brueggemann

Author of The prophetic imagination

Includes the names: W. Brueggemann, Walter Bruggemann, Walter Brueggeman, Walter Brüggemann, Walter Brueggemann, Walter Brueggemann, Walter Brueggermann, William G Brueggemann, Walter Brueggemann et al., edited by Walter Brueggemann ... (see complete list)

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Works by Walter Brueggemann
The prophetic imagination 1,354 copies, 11 reviews
Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching 815 copies, 3 reviews
The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary 617 copies, 5 reviews
Theology Of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy 580 copies, 1 review
First and Second Samuel 442 copies, 1 review
An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination 417 copies, 1 review
The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 1: General Articles on the Bible;… 404 copies
Praying the Psalms 403 copies, 4 reviews
A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: 2nd Edition 373 copies, 2 reviews
The Bible Makes Sense 365 copies, 2 reviews
Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann 327 copies, 2 reviews
Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now 326 copies, 3 reviews
The Land: Place As Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith 302 copies, 2 reviews
Finally Comes The Poet 300 copies, 4 reviews
Spirituality of the Psalms (Facets) 293 copies, 2 reviews
Hopeful Imagination: Prophetic Voices in Exile 270 copies, 1 review
Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible and Postmodern Imagination 260 copies, 2 reviews
The Psalms and the Life of Faith 235 copies, 2 reviews
Cadences of Home: Preaching Among Exiles 208 copies
Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism: Living in a Three-Storied Universe 206 copies
Isaiah 1-39 206 copies, 1 review
Creative Word: Canon As a Model for Biblical Education 197 copies, 2 reviews
A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming 195 copies
Prayers for a Privileged People 178 copies, 2 reviews
Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes 175 copies, 1 review
David's truth 174 copies, 1 review
Isaiah 40-66 172 copies
Struggling With Scripture 170 copies, 1 review
Israel's Praise: Doxology Against Idolatry and Ideology 159 copies, 1 review
Journey to the Common Good 155 copies, 1 review
Mandate to Difference: An Invitation to the Contemporary Church 144 copies, 1 review
An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible 139 copies, 1 review
The Word Militant: Preaching a Decentering Word 139 copies
Threat of Life: Sermons on Pain, Power, and Weakness 136 copies
Texts That Linger, Words That Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices 132 copies
The vitality of Old Testament traditions 126 copies
Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Year A 124 copies
Living Toward a Vision: Biblical Reflections on Shalom 119 copies
Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann 118 copies, 2 reviews
Deep Memory Exuberant Hope 113 copies
Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Year B 103 copies
Interpretation and Obedience 102 copies
In Man We Trust: The Neglected Side of Biblical Faith 100 copies
The Covenanted Self 98 copies
The Word That Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship 97 copies
1 & 2 Kings: A Commentary 93 copies
The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical… 92 copies, 1 review
Old Testament Theology: Essays on Structure, Theme, and Text 91 copies, 1 review
Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks 91 copies, 1 review
The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word 84 copies, 2 reviews
Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of Gods Glory 83 copies
Out of Babylon 83 copies, 2 reviews
To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25… 82 copies
To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly 81 copies
A Way other than Our Own: Devotions for Lent 80 copies, 1 review
Truth Speaks to Power: The Countercultural Nature of Scripture 78 copies, 1 review
The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah (Old Testament Theology) 76 copies
Hope within History 76 copies
Like Fire in the Bones: Listening for the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah 75 copies
Chosen?: Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 75 copies, 4 reviews
Peace 73 copies
Great Prayers of the Old Testament 72 copies, 1 review
Old Testament Theology: An Introduction (Library of Biblical Theology) 71 copies
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann 71 copies
Worship In Ancient Israel: The Essential Guide (Abbingdon's Essential… 69 copies, 1 review
Abiding Astonishment: Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of History 66 copies
Disruptive Grace: Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church 66 copies, 1 review
Divine Presence Amid Violence: Contextualizing the Book of Joshua 66 copies, 2 reviews
Deuteronomy 66 copies
A Social Reading of the Old Testament 65 copies, 1 review
Jeremiah 26-52: To Build, To Plant 64 copies
Psalms (New Cambridge Bible Commentary) 63 copies, 1 review
From Whom No Secrets Are Hid: Introducing the Psalms 59 copies, 1 review
Names for the Messiah 58 copies
Testimony to Otherwise: The Witness of Elijah and Elisha 58 copies, 1 review
Using God's Resources Wisely 50 copies
Tradition for crisis; a study in Hosea 50 copies
Power, Providence, and Personality 49 copies
Celebrating Abundance 46 copies
Hope for the World: Mission in a Global Context (Editor; Contributor) 46 copies
Exilic Preaching: Testimony for Christian Exiles in an Increasingly… 44 copies
Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss,… 42 copies
Many Voices, One God: Being Faithful in a Pluralistic World 42 copies
God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann (Honoree; Contributor) 42 copies
Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture: Walter Brueggemann on… 42 copies
Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out 40 copies, 2 reviews
2 Kings 39 copies
Money and Possessions (Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture… 30 copies, 1 review
1 Kings 30 copies
Gift and Task 30 copies
Psalmist's Cry: Scripts for Embracing Lament 29 copies
A Gospel of Hope 29 copies, 1 review
A Pathway of Interpretation: The Old Testament for Pastors and Students 26 copies
A Glad Obedience: Why and What We Sing 24 copies
From Judgment to Hope: A Study on the Prophets 22 copies, 1 review
God, Neighbor, Empire: The Excess of Divine Fidelity and the Command of… 21 copies
Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience 19 copies, 1 review
Confronting the Bible: A resource and discussion book for youth 19 copies
Remember You Are Dust: 18 copies
Into Your Hand: Confronting Good Friday 17 copies
Redescribing Reality: What We Do When We Read the Bible 16 copies
Advent-Christmas, Series B 14 copies
Shaking Heaven and Earth: Essays in Honor of Walter Brueggemann and… (Honoree) 13 copies
Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Years A,… 13 copies
Preaching from the Old Testament (Working Preacher) 12 copies
Living Countertestimony: Conversations With Walter Brueggemann 12 copies
Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate,… 12 copies
An On-Going Imagination: A Conversation about Scripture, Faith, and the… 11 copies
Revelation and Violence: A Study in Contextualization (Pere Marquette… 11 copies
Disciplines of readiness (Occasional paper / Theology and Worship Unit,… 11 copies
The Practice of Macro Social Work 11 copies
Delivered Out of Empire: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part One… 10 copies
Solomon: Israel's Ironic Icon Of Human Achievement (Studies on… 10 copies
Countering Pharaoh's Production-Consumption Society Today 10 copies, 2 reviews
Truth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age 8 copies
Easter, Series A 8 copies
The Role of Old Testament Theology in Old Testament Interpretation: And… 8 copies
An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition: The Canon and… 8 copies
The God of All Flesh: And Other Essays 8 copies
Preaching Jeremiah: Announcing God's Restorative Passion (Working… 6 copies, 1 review
Gathering the Church in the Spirit: Reflections on Exile and the… 6 copies
Ice Axes for Frozen Seas: A Biblical Theology of Provocation 6 copies
Word that Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship 5 copies
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Volume 3 5 copies
Delivered Into Covenant: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part Two… 5 copies
David and His Theologian: Literary, Social, and Theological Investigations… 5 copies
Embracing the Transformation 4 copies
"And God Saw That It Was Good" : Essays on Creation and God in Honor of… 4 copies
Social Criticism and Social Vision in Ancient Israel 4 copies
Ethos and ecumenism, an evangelical blend: A history of Eden Theological… 3 copies
The Practice of Homefulness 3 copies
Returning from the Abyss: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah 3 copies
Belonging and Growing in the Christian Community 3 copies
Imagination: new approaches to the Bible 2 copies
Entrare nella parola di Dio. Come lasciarsi interpellare dalla Scrittura 2 copies
Conflict From Below (CD)2012 School For Leadership Training 1 copy
Teologia dell'Antico Testamento. Testimonianza, dibattimento, perorazione 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
What are Christians for? An inquiry into obedience and dissent. 1 copy
From Obedience to Praise Psalm 73 1 copy
Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 -… 1 copy
The Descent into Truth Disk 1 1 copy
Praying in Absence Disk 2 Psalms 1 copy
Hopeful imagination Prophetic voices in exile 1 copy
Walter Brueggemann / Genesis Interpretation Bible Commentary for Teaching… 1 copy
Delivered out of Empire: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part One… 1 copy
A Wilderness Zone 1 copy
Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss,… 1 copy
Theology of the Old Testament: testimony, dispute, advocacy 1 copy
Dreaming, Being Home, Finding Strangers 1 copy
Book - The Permanence of POWER and Thin Traces of TRUTH 1 copy
THE RENEWING WORD 1 copy
The Bible and Postmodern Imagination: Texts Under Negotiation by Walter… 1 copy
A terra na biblia 1 copy
Live Like You Give a Damn!: Join the Changemaking Celebration 1 copy, 1 review
A January Adventure In Emerging Christianity - Obedient Faith Amid Empire;… 1 copy
Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Deuteronomy 1 copy
Prophetic Ministry in the National Security State 1 copy
Dialogic Thickness in a Monologic Culture 1 copy
Practicing Neighborhood 1 copy
Proclamation 4 : aids for interpreting the lessons of the church year,… 1 copy
The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Vols. 1-2 1 copy
An Ending that Does Not End: The Book of Jeremiah 1 copy
Journal of Biblical Literature (Volume 110 Number 1, Spring 1991) 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… 1 copy
Unto Us a Child Is Born: Isaiah, Advent, and Our Jewish Neighbors 1 copy
Rethinking Church Models Through Scripture 1 copy
On The Way, vol 1, #2 Winter 1982-83: Authority in the Church 1 copy
Rebuilding the Foundations 1 copy
Symmetry and Extremity in the Images of YHWH 1 copy
Heavenly news: Understanding the origin of the universe (Cathedral papers) 1 copy
Sabbath as resistance. Sessions 1-4. Leader's guides and reader's copies 1 copy
A Terra na Bíblia: dom, promessa e desafio 1 copy
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Also by Walter Brueggemann
Proclaim Jubilee!: A Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century (Foreword) 174 copies, 2 reviews
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present (Contributor) 164 copies, 2 reviews
Renewing Biblical Interpretation (Contributor) 93 copies
Moral Issues and Christian Responses (Contributor, some editions) 77 copies
The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology (Contributor) 75 copies
The Word on the Street: Performing the Scriptures in the Urban Context (Foreword) 60 copies
The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible (Contributor) 52 copies
Lamentations and the Tears of the World (Foreword) 51 copies
The End of the World and the Ends of God: Science and Theology on… (Contributor) 51 copies
The Child in the Bible (Contributor) 46 copies
The Bible in Pastoral Practice: Readings in the Place and Function of… (Contributor) 41 copies
The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness (Library of… (Contributor) 40 copies
Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile (Foreword, some editions) 28 copies
The Poetical Books (The Biblical Seminar, 41) (Contributor) 20 copies
Social Scientific Old Testament Criticism: A Sheffield Reader (Biblical… (Contributor) 19 copies
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1933
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Tilden, Nebraska, USA
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Th.D., Ph.D.
Elmhurst College ( [1955])
Eden Theological Seminary (BD 1958)
Union Theological Seminary (ThD 1961)
St. Louis University (PhD 1974)
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Old Testament scholar
Professor of Old Testament
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Eden Theological Seminary (Ret.)
United Church of Christ
Columbia Theological Seminary
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