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Keeping an open mind about the Bible: scholar Walter Brueggemann digs into the text but stays above the fray.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 13-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Keeping an open mind about the Bible: scholar Walter Brueggemann digs into the text but stays above the fray.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
THE BOOK THAT BREATHES NEW LIFE: SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY AND BIBLICAL THEOLOGY By Walter Brueggemann Fortress Press, 228 pages, $35

Walter Brueggemann is one of the premier Old Testament scholars of our time, but his approach has implications beyond that field. As this collection of essays demonstrates, he finds advantages and limitations in taking any specific approach toward interpreting a text, including his own self-described postmodern perspective. And he also shows how it's possible to disagree sharply with another scholar while acknowledging the writer's contributions to the field as a whole and his own work in particular.

Virtually every time he writes about the Bible,...

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