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Westminster/John Knox PressU.S. Truth Speaks to Power by Walter Brueggemann
Worldrenowned biblical interpreter Walter Brueggemann invites readers to take a closer look at the subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that the Bible presents a sustained contestation over truth in which established institutions of power do not always prevail. But this is not always obvious at first glance. A closer look reveals that the text actually contradicts the apparent meaning of an innocent facevalue reading. Brueggemann invites the reader into this thick complexity of the textual reading where the authority of power is undermined in cunning and compelling ways. He insists that we areas readers and interpretersalways contestants for truth whether we recognize ourselves as such or not.show more