Walter Brueggemann

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Walter Brueggemann (b. 1933) is an Old Testament scholar and author who lives in Georgia in the United States. Born in Nebraska, the son of a German Evangelical pastor, Brueggemann received his Bachelor's Degree from Elmhurst College and doctorates from Eden Theological Seminary (in 1961), Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Saint Louis University (in 1974). He was professor of Old Testament at Eden, and then became professor of Old Testament in 1986 at Columbia Theological Seminary, from where he retired in the early 2000s.

Brueggemann is an advocate and practitioner of rhetorical criticism. He has authored more than 58 books, hundreds of articles, and several commentaries on books of the Bible. Brueggemann participated in Bill Moyers' 1990s PBS television series on Genesis (documented in Genesis: A Living Conversation. Main Street Books, 1997. ISBN 0-385-49043-7). He is a United Church of Christ minister.

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The Prophetic Imagination. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1978. ISBN 0-8006-1337-6.
Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982. ISBN 0-8042-3101-X.
To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988. ISBN 0-8028-0367-9.
Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1989. ISBN 0-8006-2394-0.
First and Second Samuel: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8042-3108-7.
To Build, to Plant: A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1991. ISBN 1-871828-13-9.
"The Book of Exodus". In The New Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 1. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. ISBN 0-687-27814-7.
A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN 0-8028-0280-X.
Isaiah 1-39. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. ISBN 0-664-25524-8.
Isaiah 40-66. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. ISBN 0-664-25791-7.
1 & 2 Kings: Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-57312-065-0.
Deuteronomy: Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries. Abingdon Press, 2001. ISBN 0-687-08471-7.
Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. ISBN 0-664-22231-5.
An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. ISBN 0-664-22412-1.
The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology. 2005. ISBN 0-8006-3667-8.
Theology of the Old Testament. Fortress Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8006-3765-8.
The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-60629-2.