Singing and Suffering with the Servant

From problem to ally: transforming the Old Testament through Second Isaiah.

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.

Auteur
David Stark is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at the University of the South, School of Theology, USA.

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This book's analysis of the impact of domination on Old Testament proclamation leads toseveral 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 theChurch.. And, it highlights preaching traditions within the African American Church as instructive forformulating an effective Old Testament preaching strategy.