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Walter Brueggemann puts forth a “fresh hearing of the gospel” communicated in Old Testament tradition. Brueggemann focuses on how we neglect how the Bible affirms human culture, capability, and responsibility as a part of the biblical narrative and gospel story. He zooms in on the book of Proverbs and the wisdom traditions it contains that affirm the world and celebrate culture.

Davidic house are here enunciated, in a way which could perhaps get a hearing. There are all kinds of fragmentary matters in Proverbs which cannot be schematized, but two convictions emerge at the center of the proverbial materials: (1) our decisions matter in terms of our destiny and we had better heed the choices we make; (2) there is a givenness about life with which we cannot tamper despite all our power and influence.4 The first conviction is present in the tenth-century writings addressed to
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