The Old Testament Is Dying (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic): A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment
This timely book addresses the loss of the Old Testament as a resource for faith and life and shows how it can be recovered by the church
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Grand Rapids
Baker Academic
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Strawn, Brent A., 1970-, The Old Testament is dying] (2019) (Breed, Brennan W.)
Book Review (2018) (Levicheva, Larisa) |
| Series/Journal: | Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic Ser
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Strawn, Brent A: The Old Testament Is Dying (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic) : A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment. - Grand Rapids : Baker Academic,c2013. - 9780801048883 |
| Summary: | This timely book addresses the loss of the Old Testament as a resource for faith and life and shows how it can be recovered by the church Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Endoresement Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Author Preface -- Abbreviations -- Testimonia -- Part 1: The Old Testament as a Dying Language -- 1. The Old Testament Is Dying -- A (Non)Telling Vignette -- The Diagnosis, in Brief, with a Caveat -- The Old Testament Is (Like) a Language -- Plan of the Book and Two Additional Caveats -- 2. Initial Testing -- The U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey -- The "Best"(?) Sermons -- The Psalms in Mainline Hymnody -- The Revised Common Lectionary (and the Psalms) -- Conclusion -- 3. On Language Growth and Change, Contact and Death -- Language Change and Language Contact -- Pidgins and Creoles, Pidginization and Creolization -- Language Death -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Signs of Morbidity -- 4. The New Atheism -- Dawkins and the New Atheists on the Old Testament -- Answering Dawkins -- Pidgin versus Pidgin -- 5. Marcionites Old and New -- The Old Marcion -- Tertullian contra Marcion -- Von Harnack pro Marcion, or the New Marcion(ism) -- Contra von Harnack, or the Deadly Ramifications -- 6. New Plastic Gospels: The "Happiologists" -- The Bible and Your Best Everything Right Now! -- Assessing Osteen "and Company" -- Conclusion to Part 2 -- Part 3: Path to Recovery -- 7. Recommended Treatment -- On Saving Dying Languages -- Resurrecting Hebrew -- Learning First, New, and Very Old Languages -- Bilingualism and Code-Switching -- It Could Happen to You (Us) -- 8. Saving the Old Testament -- Evidence of Further Decline -- Deuteronomy as a Model of/for Second-Language Acquisition (SLA) -- 9. Ways Forward and Not -- The Most Basic (and Obvious) Recommendation: Regular Use -- The Need for Adequate Linguistic Training -- Intentionality in Language Practice and Language Learning -- On Creating Bilinguals -- On "Bothness" -- The Challenge of Future Change Music, Memory, Poetry . . . and Children (Again) -- Conclusion -- Newton Series -- Butler Series -- Cox Series -- Size of Testaments -- Sermon Data from Walter Brueggemann -- Old Testament Texts Used by Walter Brueggemann -- Bibliography -- Scripture and Ancient Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index -- Subject Index -- Notes -- Back Cover |
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| ISBN: | 1441244832 |