Social Justice and the Hebrew Bible, Volume Three

by Norman K. Gottwald
June 2018

Cover of Social Justice and the Hebrew Bible, Volume Three

PART 1: EXAMINING TEXTS

  1. Social Drama in the Psalms of Individual Lament
  2. Kingship in the Book of Psalms
  3. Abusing the Bible: The Case of Deuteronomy 15
  4. Do not Fear What They Fear: A Post-9/11 Reflection(Isaiah 8:11-15)
  5. The Expropriated and the Expropriators in Nehemiah 5
  6. How Do Extrabiblical Sociopolitical Data Illuminate Obscure Biblical Texts? The Case of Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 [Heb. 5:7-8]
  7. On the Alleged Wisdom of Kings: An Application of Adorno’s Immanent Criticism to Ecclesiastes

PART 2: ENGAGING PRACTICES

  1. Framing Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary: A Student Self Inventory on Biblical Hermeneutics
  2. Theological Education as a Theory-Praxis Loop: Situating the Book of Joshua in a Cultural, Social Ethical, and Theological Matrix
  3. The Bible as Nurturer of Passive and Active Worldviews
  4. Biblical Scholarship in Public Discourse
  5. On Framing Elections: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
  6. Values and Economic Structures