World-renowned biblical
interpreter Walter Brueggemann invites readers to take a closer look at the
subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that
the Bible presents a "sustained contestation" over truth, in which
established institutions of power do not always prevail. But this is not always
obvious at first glance. A closer look reveals that the text actually
contradicts the apparent meaning of an innocent, face-value reading.
Brueggemann invites the reader into this thick complexity of the textual
reading, where the authority of power is undermined in cunning and compelling
ways. He insists that we are--as readers and interpreters--always contestants
for truth, whether we recognize ourselves as such or not.
