Preaching Old Testament: Proclamation & Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780687338702)

Preaching Old Testament meets the need for more direction in how to preach from the Hebrew Bible. You will learn particularly helpful techniques for preaching the narrative portions of the Bible and why preaching from the Old Testament is theologically important. After exploring theological reasons for preaching in the narrative mode, Holbert introduces a narrative homiletics and discusses its definition, problems, and possibilities. He then introduces some of the methods and techniques of a literary analysis of the narrative portions of the Hebrew Bible, which includes such elements as plot, actions and speech, contrasting characters, and point of view. Two sample narrative sermons with brief comments inside the bodies of the sermons and extensive comments at the ends of the sermons illustrate how the pastor can read and interpret the Old Testament story.

Author: John C. Holbert
ISBN-10: 0687338700
ISBN-13: 9780687338702
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1991
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.54w x 0.39d