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Walter Brueggemann
Author · 115 books
Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. He is the world's leading interpreter of the Old Testament and is the author of numerous books, including Westminster John Knox Press best sellers such as Genesis and First and Second Samuel in the Interpretation series, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination, and Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes.

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Books

Prayers for a Privileged People book cover

Prayers for a Privileged People

2008

Hope Restored book cover

Hope Restored

Biblical Imagination Against Empire

2023

A Gospel of Hope book cover

A Gospel of Hope

2017

Creative Word book cover

Creative Word

Canon As a Model for Biblical Education

1959

Praying the Psalms book cover

Praying the Psalms

1986

David and His Theologian book cover

David and His Theologian

Literary, Social, and Theological Investigations of the Early Monarchy

2011

Redescribing Reality book cover

Redescribing Reality

What We Do When We Read the Bible

2009

Texts Under Negotiation book cover

Texts Under Negotiation

The Bible and Postmodern Imagination

1993

First and Second Samuel book cover

First and Second Samuel

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching

1990

Chosen? book cover

Chosen?

Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2015

Subversive Obedience book cover

Subversive Obedience

Truth-Telling and the Art of Preaching

2011

Ancient Echoes book cover

Ancient Echoes

Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed-Driven Toxicity of the Far Right

2023

Like Fire in the Bones book cover

Like Fire in the Bones

Listening for the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah

2006

The Message of the Psalms book cover

The Message of the Psalms

1984

Hopeful Imagination book cover

Hopeful Imagination

Prophetic Voices in Exile

1986

Out of Babylon book cover

Out of Babylon

2010

Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism book cover

Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism

Living in a Three-Storied Universe

1993

Old Testament Theology book cover

Old Testament Theology

Essays on Structure, Theme, and Text

1992

Interrupting Silence book cover

Interrupting Silence

God's Command to Speak Out

2017

Disruptive Grace book cover

Disruptive Grace

Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church

2011

Isaiah, Vol. 1 book cover

Isaiah, Vol. 1

Chapters 1-39

1998

Journey to the Common Good book cover

Journey to the Common Good

2010

Old Testament Theology book cover

Old Testament Theology

An Introduction

2008

Theology of the Old Testament book cover

Theology of the Old Testament

Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy

1992

Names for the Messiah book cover

Names for the Messiah

An Advent Study

2016

A Pathway of Interpretation book cover

A Pathway of Interpretation

The Old Testament for Pastors and Students

2009

Celebrating Abundance book cover

Celebrating Abundance

Devotions for Advent

2017

Delivered into Covenant book cover

Delivered into Covenant

Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part Two

2021

Materiality as Resistance book cover

Materiality as Resistance

Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World

2020

Ichabod Toward Home book cover

Ichabod Toward Home

The Journey of God's Glory

2002

Testimony to Otherwise book cover

Testimony to Otherwise

The Witness of Elijah and Elisha

2001

Hope within History book cover

Hope within History

1986

From Judgment to Hope book cover

From Judgment to Hope

A Study on the Prophets

2019

Social Criticism and Social Vision in Ancient Israel book cover

Social Criticism and Social Vision in Ancient Israel

2016

To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly book cover

To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly

An Agenda for Ministers

1986

Reverberations of Faith book cover

Reverberations of Faith

2002

Delivered out of Empire book cover

Delivered out of Empire

Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part One

2021

The Book That Breathes New Life book cover

The Book That Breathes New Life

Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology

2004

The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah book cover

The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah

2006

Our Hearts Wait book cover

Our Hearts Wait

Worshiping through Praise and Lament in the Psalms

2022

Abiding Astonishment book cover

Abiding Astonishment

Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of History

1991

To Pluck Up, to Tear Down book cover

To Pluck Up, to Tear Down

A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25

1988

The Practice of Homefulness book cover

The Practice of Homefulness

2014

Mandate to Difference book cover

Mandate to Difference

An Invitation to the Contemporary Church

2007

Preaching from the Old Testament book cover

Preaching from the Old Testament

2019

Isaiah 40-66 book cover

Isaiah 40-66

1998

David's Truth book cover

David's Truth

In Israel's Imagination and Memory

1985

A Glad Obedience book cover

A Glad Obedience

Why and What We Sing

2019

Inscribing the Text book cover

Inscribing the Text

Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

2004

Israel's Praise book cover

Israel's Praise

Doxology Against Idolatry and Ideology

1988

Peace book cover

Peace

2001

Truth Speaks to Power book cover

Truth Speaks to Power

The Countercultural Nature of Scripture

2013

Sabbath as Resistance book cover

Sabbath as Resistance

Saying No to the Culture of Now

2014

In Man We Trust book cover

In Man We Trust

The Neglected Side of Biblical Faith

1972

The Covenanted Self book cover

The Covenanted Self

Exploration in Law and Covenant

1999

The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions, Revised Edition book cover

The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions, Revised Edition

1974

From Whom No Secrets Are Hid book cover

From Whom No Secrets Are Hid

Introducing the Psalms

2014

Embracing the Transformation book cover

Embracing the Transformation

2013

In God We Do Not Trust book cover

In God We Do Not Trust

2024

The Bible Makes Sense book cover

The Bible Makes Sense

1978

A Commentary on Jeremiah book cover

A Commentary on Jeremiah

Exile and Homecoming

1997

A Social Reading of the Old Testament book cover

A Social Reading of the Old Testament

Prophetic Approaches to Israel's Communal Life

1994

Worship in Ancient Israel book cover

Worship in Ancient Israel

An Essential Guide

2005

Psalmist's Cry book cover

Psalmist's Cry

Scripts for embracing lament

2010

Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth book cover

Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth

Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

2002

Gift and Task book cover

Gift and Task

A Year of Daily Readings and Reflections

2017

The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Volume 2 book cover

The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Volume 2

2011

The Psalms and the Life of Faith book cover

The Psalms and the Life of Faith

1995

Spirituality of the Psalms book cover

Spirituality of the Psalms

2001

Returning from the Abyss book cover

Returning from the Abyss

Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah

2022

Deliver Us book cover

Deliver Us

Salvation and the Liberating God of the Bible

2022

The Prophetic Imagination book cover

The Prophetic Imagination

1978

Preaching Jeremiah book cover

Preaching Jeremiah

Announcing God's Restorative Passion

2020

Genesis book cover

Genesis

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching

1982

Living Countertestimony book cover

Living Countertestimony

Conversations with Walter Brueggemann

2012

An Introduction to the Old Testament book cover

An Introduction to the Old Testament

The Canon and Christian Imagination

2003

A Way Other Than Our Own book cover

A Way Other Than Our Own

Devotions for Lent

2016

Solomon book cover

Solomon

Israel's Ironic Icon Of Human Achievement

2005

Cadences of Home book cover

Cadences of Home

Preaching among Exiles

1997

Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope book cover

Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope

2000

Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience book cover

Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience

2011

The Bible and Postmodern Imagination book cover

The Bible and Postmodern Imagination

2012

To Build, to Plant

A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52

1991

Remember You Are Dust book cover

Remember You Are Dust

2012

Acting in the Wake book cover

Acting in the Wake

Prayers for Justice

2023

Into Your Hand book cover

Into Your Hand

Confronting Good Friday

2014

An Unsettling God book cover

An Unsettling God

The Heart of the Hebrew Bible

2009

1 & 2 Kings book cover

1 & 2 Kings

Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary

2000

Living Toward a Vision book cover

Living Toward a Vision

Biblical Reflections on Shalom

1976

Tenacious Solidarity book cover

Tenacious Solidarity

Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy

2018

Interpretation and Obedience book cover

Interpretation and Obedience

1959

The Word Militant book cover

The Word Militant

Preaching a Decentering Word

2008

The Land book cover

The Land

Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith

1977

Money and Possessions book cover

Money and Possessions

Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church

2016

Threat of Life book cover

Threat of Life

Sermons on Pain, Power, and Weakness

1996

An On-Going Imagination book cover

An On-Going Imagination

A Conversation about Scripture, Faith, and the Thickness of Relationship

2019

Divine Presence amid Violence book cover

Divine Presence amid Violence

Contextualizing the Book of Joshua

2009

Using God's Resources Wisely book cover

Using God's Resources Wisely

Isaiah and Urban Possibility

1993

Great Prayers of the Old Testament book cover

Great Prayers of the Old Testament

2008

Reconstructing Old Testament Theology book cover

Reconstructing Old Testament Theology

After the Collapse of History

2005

Reality, Grief, Hope book cover

Reality, Grief, Hope

Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks

2014

A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament book cover

A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament

1999

Struggling with Scripture book cover

Struggling with Scripture

2002

Power, Providence, and Personality book cover

Power, Providence, and Personality

Biblical Insight into Life and Ministry

1990

Finally Comes the Poet book cover

Finally Comes the Poet

1959

Virus as a Summons to Faith book cover

Virus as a Summons to Faith

Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss, Grief, and Uncertainty

2020

Texts That Linger Words That Explode book cover

Texts That Linger Words That Explode

2000

The Practice of Prophetic Imagination book cover

The Practice of Prophetic Imagination

Preaching an Emancipating Word

2011

Tradition for Crisis

A Study in Hosea

1981

The Word That Redescribes the World book cover

The Word That Redescribes the World

The Bible and Discipleship

2006

Revelation and Violence book cover

Revelation and Violence

A Study in Contextualization

1986

The Emancipation of God book cover

The Emancipation of God

Postmarks on Cultural Prophecy

2024

Deuteronomy book cover

Deuteronomy

2001

God, Neighbor, Empire book cover

God, Neighbor, Empire

The Excess of Divine Fidelity and the Command of Common Good

2016

Psalms book cover

Psalms

2013

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