Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of God's Glory
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Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of God's Glory   -     By: Walter Brueggemann

Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of God's Glory

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 2001 / Paperback

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(PUBEerdmans)A provocative interpretation of 1 Samuel 4--6, dealing with the glory of God. The 3-day capture, detention, and return of the Ark of the Covenant is compared to Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter, as well as three leading modern vices: self-indulgence, narcissism, and self-sufficiency. 160 pages, softcover.

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Title: Ichabod Toward Home: The Journey of God's Glory
By: Walter Brueggemann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 2001
Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 0802839304
ISBN-13: 9780802839305
Stock No: WW39304

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In today's confused and confusing world, it is good to be shown once more that God is never absent. That is the heartening message of Ichabod toward Home. In this volume one of our most respected biblical scholars explores the nature of God's glory, using the engaging story of the ark of the covenant to illuminate the meaning of God's presence -- not only for the ancient Israelites but for the whole world.

Offering a unique entry into Old Testament theology, Walter Brueggemann examines 1 Samuel 4-6, the biblical text in which the ark of God is captured by the Philistines, seen to be a dangerous threat, and finally returned to Israel. In looking anew at what this story reveals about God's glory -- or kabod, from which the name "Ichabod" derives -- Brueggemann builds a powerful new theology of God's sovereignty.

Additionally, Brueggemann demonstrates that this ancient story of the ark has profound relevance today. The three-day story of the ark's capture, detention, and return is transposed, first, into the three-day Christian story of Easter and, second, into the three days of the modern consumer weekend. In a provocative contemporary application of Old Testament theology, Brueggemann shows that the Ark narrative, in its rendering of God's glory, strongly contradicts the dominant narrative of our own culture, with its strident emphasis on self-indulgence, narcissism, and self-sufficiency.

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Walter Brueggemann

The William Marcellus McPheeters Professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is the author of numerous biblical commentaries and scholarly works, including A Social Reading of the Old TestamentThe Threat of LifeTheology of the Old Testament, and The Prophetic Imagination.

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