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Description of  Singing and Suffering With the Servant: Second Isaiah As Guide for Preaching the Old Testament (Arbeiten Zur Pastoraltheologie, Liturgik Und Hymnologie, 101)

This book's analysis of the impact of domination on Old Testament proclamation leads to several unique contributions: It reads Second Isaiah as a homiletic model for proclaiming older (pre-exilic) texts inresponse to exilic domination. It treats the Old Testament as a rich resource for confronting racism and anti-Semitismthrough preaching. It introduces contemporary Christian-Jewish dialogue in Germany as a model for the Church. And, it highlights preaching traditions within the African American Church as instructive for formulating an effective Old Testament preaching strategy. Read more