xix, 441 pages ; 24 cm; Preface -- Genesis -- Cracks in the Wall -- Thinking Creation -- Exodus -- Thou Shalt Not Kill -- "Thou Shalt Not Kill": A Loving Obedience -- Ezekiel -- From Death to Life -- Sentinel of Imminence -- Psalm -- My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? -- Lamentation as Prayer -- The Song of Songs -- The Shulamite -- The Nuptial Metaphor -- Exodus -- The Revelation of Revelations -- From Interpretation to Translation -- Genesis -- An Ancestral Narrative: The Joseph Story -- Zechariah -- "Et aspicient ad me quem confixerunt" Index of Passages -- Index.; This collaboration sets the words of a distinguished biblical scholar, Andre LaCocque, and those of a leading philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, in dialogue around six crucial passages from the Old Testament: the story of Adam and Eve; the commandment "thou shalt not kill"; the valley of dry bones passage from Ezekiel; Psalm 22; the Song of Songs; and the naming of God in Exodus 3:14. Commenting on these texts, LaCocque and Ricoeur provide a wealth of new insights into the meaning of the different genres of the Old Testament as these made their way into and were transformed by the New Testament.; LaCocque's commentaries employ a historical-critical method that takes into account archaeological, philological, and historical research. LaCocque includes in his essays historical information about the dynamic tradition of reading Scripture, opening his exegesis to developments and enrichments subsequent to the production of the original literary text. Ricoeur also takes into account the relation between the texts and the historical communities that read and interpreted them, but he broadens his scope to include philosophical speculation. His commentaries highlight the metaphorical structure of the passages and how they have served as catalysts for philosophical thinking from the Greeks to the modern age.; 

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