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by Walter Brueggemann

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Walter Brueggemann

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Westminster John Knox Press (September 9, 2015)

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In Chosen?, Walter Brueggemann explores the situation in modern-day Israel that raises questions for many Christians . Are modern Israeli citizens the descendants of the Israelites in the Bible whom God called chosen?

Are modern Israeli citizens the descendants of the Israelites in the Bible whom God called chosen? Was the promise of land to Moses permanent and irrevocable? What about others living in the promised land? How should we read the Bible in light of the modern situation? Who are the Zionists, and what do they say?

Walter Brueggemann has done a great service to the Jewish people and to all who rely on the Hebrew Bible as a guide to life . Haven't finished reading this yet but gives me a different perspective on the Israeli/Palestinian issues.

Volume 41 - Issue 1. Chosen? Reading the Bible amid the . The esteemed OT scholar Walter Brueggemann has long had an interest in this conflict. The book concludes with an outline complete with questions showing how the book can be used in a study session

Volume 41 - Issue 1. Chosen? Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. by Walter Brueggemann. His well-known book, The Land: Place as Gift, Promise and Challenge in Biblical Faith, 2nd ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002) is the premier study of land (as in Holy Land) in biblical theology. The book concludes with an outline complete with questions showing how the book can be used in a study session. In four chapters, he summarizes in easy-to-read style what he thinks are the four essential problems we face: Reading the Bible.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a continuing source of problems not only in the Middle East but for Christians. Chosen" is a very brief book. It is composed of four chapters, a Q & A with Brueggemann section, a glossary, and a study guide for a four week study. After generations of deep-rooted anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism being present in our theologies and practices, living in the shadow of the Holocaust it is natural for Christians to support Jewish self-determination, which includes a homeland.

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As a frequent traveler to Israel-Palestine, I welcome this volume because of inner turmoil I always feel in the Holy .

As a frequent traveler to Israel-Palestine, I welcome this volume because of inner turmoil I always feel in the Holy Land. The unimaginable suffering of the Jewish people, especially in the 20th century, makes me grateful that Jews have security in their homeland. I feed on the Hebrew scriptures. The title of this book is a question: Chosen? Are the Jewish people of Israel still God's elect, the chosen ones of Genesis to whom Yahweh promised the land in eternal covenant? Unwilling to draw a direct line from biblical text to modern application, Brueggemann gives a nuanced answer.

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"The conflict is only 'seemingly' beyond solution, because all historical-political problems have solutions, if there is enough courage, honesty, and steadfastness."

In Chosen?, Walter Brueggemann explores the situation in modern-day Israel that raises questions for many Christians who are easily confused when reading biblical accounts of God's saving actions with the Israelites. Are modern Israeli citizens the descendants of the Israelites in the Bible whom God called chosen? Was the promise of land to Moses permanent and irrevocable? What about others living in the promised land? How should we read the Bible in light of the modern situation? Who are the Zionists, and what do they say?

In four chapters, Brueggemann addresses the main questions people have with regards to what the Bible has to say about this ongoing issue. A question-and-answer section with Walter Brueggemann, a glossary of terms, study guide, and guidelines for respectful dialogue are also included. The reader will get answers to their key questions about how to understand God's promises to the biblical people often called Israel and the conflict between Israel and Palestine today.

Ieregr

I was eagerly anticipating reading Bruggemann's work - and perhaps my disappointment stems from not being familiar enough with him before I began reading. Much of Bruggemann's argument hangs on his hermeneutical principle, which seemed to be, essentially, that the Old Testament is a big mess of different opinions, that it argues with itself, and that the way we know what God in the OT is really saying is by using a principle of the "exclusion of the other;" overlaying this grid to filter out the human from the divine speech in the text. He writes on page 10: "we ought rightly to be skeptical and suspicious of any reading of the Bible that excludes the other, because it is likely to be informed by vested interest, fears, and hopes that serve self-protection and end in self-destruction."

With this hermeneutic principle, he briefly skims through concepts of chosen-ness and land, but unless you agree with his hermeneutical principle that we can toss aside the bits that "exclude the other" and accept the bits that could lead towards some sort of "other inclusion," you will recognize that he brushes under the rug the significance of passages where there is a clear and exclusive choice of Israel as a people and where the other is not only 'excluded,' but forcibly removed from the land. The land is given to Israel. But Bruggeman's glasses that he self-consciously has glued to his face allow him to dice up the Old Testament and find what he wishes.

I hasten to add that I am sympathetic to his attempt to understand Israel as not having a claim to divine rights to the land, but this is from a Christian perspective that is non-dispensational and views the promises of the OT being fulfilled and expanded and applied in the one people of God, Jew and Gentile.

In short - if you are drawn to approaches to the Old Testament that view it as a big tangled mess, where we need to overlay progressive principles on the text to find our canon within the canon, this book may be for you. For me, it was disappointing.

Kagalkree

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Balladolbine

This is a helpful summary, albeit a little incomplete. I would have liked more explicit fleshing out of the differences between the covenant people of Israel as we see in the Bible, and the modern state of Israel.

Cae

Haven't finished reading this yet but gives me a different perspective on the Israeli/Palestinian issues.

Yar

Having studied under Walt and valued what I got from him, I was disappointed. Chosen did not seem up to my expectations. I do understand that this is not simply a theological book but an attempt to sort out Israel-Palestinian situation. Never once did he mention that Palestinians for most part don't even accept the right of Israel to exist. How do you negotiate with people who want to destroy you? Don't blame Israel for not wanting to go down that road, again.

Rocky Basilisk

Great synopsis of the current delemma in the Holy Lands. Short and concise, it covers the issue from a biblical point of view and recognizes the current point of vies.

Flocton

If you have ever wanted to understand the complex issues surrounding Israel, Zionism, Christian Zionism, and biblical ideas of Israel this is a perfect resource for you. It isn't a tremendously long book so you can probably read it in about an hour and it has a really good study guide in the back, including prayers to help lead you into group discussions on this very complex topic. Walter Brueggemann has been a brilliant job making a very complex topic accessible to almost everyone. I strongly encourage you to read this powerful little book and increase your understanding on the problems facing Israel and Palestine. There is no justice without Mercy. When it comes to Israel versus Palestine, we cannot just blindly turn away from human rights. To do so would be to give up the neighborliness that the Bible, and Jesus Christ, are so insistent upon.

It is time to search for peace not simply prepare for war. Approach from human rights and human dignity not ideological posturing.

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