W. H. Bellinger Jr.

A Wilderness Zone

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A Wilderness Zone is Walter Brueggemann’s powerful read of our current ‘moment.’ The Israelites escaped Pharoah by fleeing into the wilderness, where they encountered vulnerability, dislocation, and fear/anger. COVID-19 and its concomitant economic setbacks and the current crisis in criminal justice name the analogous contemporary realities. Brueggemann portrays wilderness then and now, and along the way reveals informative interpretive sources. This meditation is a brilliant commentary on our ‘moment’ and its search for hope.”

Death and Resurrection

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In Biblical Studies, a monograph that is both careful and creative is a rare thing to treasure. Dennis Horton has produced such a volume in Death and Resurrection. The work enriches the study of the book of Acts and carefully helps us all think about how to study a literary motif in a biblical book. Serious and informed readers of the book of Acts will be richly rewarded by Horton's study.”

From Whom No Secrets Are Hid

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Walter Brueggemann is the master interpreter of the Psalms, always in conversation with a wide range of scholarly issues and always with an eye to the context of contemporary readers. From Whom No Secrets Are Hid gives attention to difficult and often-unfamiliar texts in the Psalter as a means of revealing the self to the God who embraces pain and makes possible genuine newness. The articulation of the world envisioned in the Psalms and its challenge to our world in chapter 2 of the book are alone worth the price of the book! This volume will be lively and provocative for serious readers of the Psalms who seek growth in faith and for those who proclaim and minister in the powerful tradition of the Psalter.”

Reading the First Five Books

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“What a delightful book for religion and seminary students to read along with their mentors while studying the first five books of the Bible! Brevity, pacing, and characterization are central for interpreting narratives in the Pentateuch. Dr. Toombs’s attention to difficulties that contemporary readers have with these narratives (‘the Grotesque’) contributes much to articulating the meaning of the stories and their significance for faith. A superb and fascinating volume for those interested in understanding the narratives of the Pentateuch.”

The Emancipation of God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This collection is a rare gift for all interpreters and proclaimers of biblical texts for church and culture. Walter Brueggemann continues to be the most significant biblical theologian speaking to church and culture in our day. The Emancipation of God gives us all the revealing opportunity to see him at work; he clearly identifies his method and then illustrates it immediately in the first essay on the debate over the Bible and human sexuality. Brueggemann regularly shows tensions in biblical texts and how he navigates those tensions. In three parts he mingles pieces on the emancipation of God, the church, and the neighborhood. Don't miss this jewel of delightful and remarkably crafted biblical interpretations.”