Singing and Suffering with the Servant
Second Isaiah as Guide for Preaching the Old Testament
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2022
313 pages
978-3-647-57346-5 (ISBN)
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The Old Testament is transformed from problem to ally when preachers attend to power at work in ancient and modern contexts by mirroring Second Isaiah's proclamation, listening to contemporary servant Israel, and learning from African American preaching in context of domination. This book analyses the impact of domination on Old Testament proclamation and thus leads to several unique contributions. Firstly, it reads Second Isaiah as a homiletic model for proclaiming older (pre-exilic) texts in response to exilic domination. Secondly, it treats the Old Testament as a rich resource for confronting racism and anti-Semitism though teaching and it introduces contemporary Christian-Jewish dialogue in Germany as a model for the Church. Lastly, it highlights preaching traditions within the African American Church as instructive for formulating an effective Old Testament preaching strategy.
David Stark is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at the University of the South, School of Theology, USA.
David Stark is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at the University of the South, School of Theology, USA.
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Singing and Suffering with the Servant
Second Isaiah as Guide for Preaching the Old Testament
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David Stark is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at the University of the South, School of Theology, USA.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Isaiah as Guide to Old Testament Preaching
- 1.1 The Old Testament as a Suffering Servant
- 1.2 Toward a Constructive Understanding of Old Testament
- 1.3 The Servant Songs as Old Testament Preaching Guide
- 1.4 Guiding Approach
- 2. Analysis of Old Testament Homiletics after the Shoah
- 2.1 Elizabeth Achtemeier
- 2.2 Walter Kaiser, Jr.
- 2.3 John Holbert
- 2.4 Ellen Davis
- 2.5 Rein Bos
- 2.6 Walter Brueggemann
- 2.7 Concluding Reflections
- 3. The Suffering Servant, Preaching, and Domination
- 3.1 Excursus on Preaching and Second Isaiah
- 3.2 Subverting Systemic Injustice-Isaiah 42:1-4 (5-9)
- 3.3 Empowering Testimony-Isaiah 49:1-6
- 3.4 Resisting and Lamenting like a Holy Fool-Isaiah 50:4-9
- 3.5 Dialoging Against Domination-Isaiah 52:13-53:12
- 3.6 Concluding Reflections
- 4. Listening to Servant Israel: Alexander Deeg and Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Germany
- 4.1 From Conciliation to Transformation
- 4.2 Creating Space for Dialogue
- 4.2.1 Old Testament Pietism
- 4.2.2 The Old Testament and Historical Criticism
- 4.2.3 Alexander Deeg's Proposal
- 4.3 Learning from Jewish Interpretation
- 4.3.1 Imagination and Meticulousness
- 4.3.2 Messianic Interruption
- 4.3.3 Messianic Liturgy and Jewish Presence
- 4.4 Dialogical Preaching
- 4.4.1 Preaching as Disruption
- 4.4.2 Preaching as Initiation
- 4.4.3 Preaching as Staging
- 4.4.4 Dialogical Preaching
- 4.5 Sermon Sample: "O du fröhliche."
- 4.6 Concluding Reflections on Listening to Servant Israel
- 5. Preaching in the Presence of Domination: African American Homiletics and the Old Testament
- 5.1 Toward the Good News of the Old Testament
- 5.1.1 Exodus
- 5.1.2 Exile
- 5.1.3 Ethiopia
- 5.1.4 Emmanuel
- 5.2 Toward a Theology for Old Testament Preaching
- 5.2.1 The Sovereign God
- 5.2.2 The Active, Present Holy Spirit
- 5.3 Toward a Hermeneutic for Old Testament Preaching
- 5.3.1 Midrashic Musicality
- 5.3.2 Experience of Otherness
- 5.4 Concluding Reflections on Preaching in the Presence of Domination
- 6. Concluding Reflections
- References
- Index
- Biography
- Body
