Forecast: Given Brueggemann's stature in Old Testament scholarship and the fresh perspectives of this work, his introduction is likely to become a standard text in seminaries and theological schools.

The rule of faith for Protestants is sola Scriptura. This belief holds that only Scripture is a final, infallible authority for the Christian: thus excluding the Church and Sacred Tradition as equally ...

The cranky, severe, Old Testament God isn’t an opening act. An image is burned into my memory: an incandescent lamp on my mother's night stand illuminating the open pages of her well-worn Bible.

The Preacher’s remark that “of the making of many books there is no end” comes readily to mind when anyone attempts a survey of this sort. The current revival of religious interest in the United ...

This is the second in the series What is the Good Word?: Here is how I learned the number of books in the Bible: there are 39 in the Old Testament; if you multiply 3 x 9, you get 27, which is the ...