Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

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Inscribing tne lext Inscribing the lext Jermons and Irayers or Walter Drueggemann c—7ft^~> Edited by Anna Carter Florence FORTRESS PRESS / MINNEAPOLIS INSCRIBING T H E TEXT Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann First Fortress Press paperback edition 2011 Copyright © 2004 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover image: Detail from the Madonna of the Magnificat by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510).© Archivo Iconografico, S.A./CORBIS. c. 1480-1481. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Used by permission. The full painting shows Mary with the infant Jesus on her lap surrounded by angels. Mary's hand is dipping a pen into an inkwell as if she is about to inscribe words on the page, while Jesus' hand is pointing ot the words already inscribed in the Magnificat in Luke 1:46-55. Jacket and book design: Zan Ceeley ISBN 978-0-8006-9827-0 The Library of Congress cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN 978-0-8006-0532-2 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. In Memory ofAugust L. Brueggemann In Expectation for Emilia Mary Brueggemann ...