Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann was an American theologian and influential Old Testament scholar whose work connected biblical interpretation with the church’s public life, social justice, and resistance to oppressive power. He taught at Eden Theological Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary, where he became professor emeritus of Old Testament. His major books include *The Prophetic Imagination*, *The Message of the Psalms*, and *Theology of the Old Testament*, and he served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1990.