Ten books on the shelf ...

Bookshelf, by Colin Thompson

CBS students and grads are always asking me to provide book recommendations. Although I can't seem to find time to blog on the subject, I found this excellent listing of "Ten Books on the Shelf" of Walter Brueggemann in  Sojourners magazine.

To see Brueggemann's review of each book,click here:

And here's the "short" version:

1. Job, part of the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary series (Smyth & Helwys, 2006), by Samuel E. Balentine

2. The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder (Oxford University Press, 2010), by William P. Brown

3. The Arrogance of Nations: Reading Romans in the Shadow of Empire (Fortress Press, 2008), by Neil Elliott

4. The Ten Commandments (Interpretation commentary series; Westminster John Knox Press, 2009), Patrick D. Miller

5  In Apocalypse against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism (Eerdmans, 2011) Anathea E. Portier-Young


6. From Faith to Faith: Essays on Old Testament Literature (Harper & Brothers, 1955), by B. Davie Napier

7. Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (Fortress Press, 1979), by Brevard S. Childs

8. The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 B.C.E. (Orbis Books, 1979), by Norman K. Gottwald

9. The Prophets (Harper & Row, 1962), by Abraham J. Heschel (a staple of Year 3 in the Biblical School)

10. The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism (Westminster John Knox Press, 1993), by Jon D. Levenson

Walter Brueggemann (b. 1933) is a retired Old Testament scholar, prolific author, and professor emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. An advocate and practitioner of rhetorical criticism, Brueggemann has authored more than 58 books, hundreds of articles, and several commentaries on books of the Bible. He is also a minister of the United Church of Christ.