Written by leading experts in the field, The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation offers a wide-ranging treatment of the main aspects of Jeremiah. Its twenty-four essays fall under four main sections. The first section contains studies of a more general nature, and helps situate Jeremiah in the scribal culture of the ancient world, as well as in relation to the Torah and the Hebrew Prophets. The second section contains commentary on and interpretation of specific passages (or sections) of Jeremiah, as well as essays on its genres and themes. The third section contains essays on the textual history and reception of Jeremiah in Judaism and Christianity. The final section explores various theological aspects of the book of Jeremiah.
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1 The Pen of Scribes: Writing, Textuality, and the Book of Jeremiah |
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3 | (23) |
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2 Jeremiah Among the Prophets |
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26 | (19) |
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3 Jeremiah -- "The Prophet like Moses"? |
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45 | (24) |
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PART 2 Issues in Interpretation |
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4 Jeremiah at Mizpah of Benjamin (Tell en-Nasbeh): The Archaeological Setting |
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69 | (24) |
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5 Messianic Expectations in the Book of Jeremiah? The Productive Memory of David |
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93 | (20) |
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6 Sagacious Divine Judgment: Jeremiah's Use of Proverbs to Construct an Ethos and Ethics of Divine Epistemology |
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113 | (13) |
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7 Structure in the Confessions of Jeremiah |
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126 | (23) |
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8 Reconsidering the "New Covenant" in Jeremiah 31:31-34 |
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149 | (21) |
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9 Yet Another New Covenant: Jeremiah's Use of Deuteronomy and the Book of Consolation |
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170 | (21) |
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10 The Rechabites in the Book of Jeremiah and Their Historical Roots in Israel |
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191 | (20) |
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11 Language and Rhetoric in Jeremiah's Foreign Nation Oracles |
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211 | (19) |
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12 What is Israel's God Up To among the Nations? Jeremiah 46, 48, and 49 |
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230 | (25) |
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PART 3 Textual Transmission and Reception History |
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13 The Text of Jeremiah (MT and LXX) |
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255 | (25) |
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14 Texts of Jeremiah in the Qumran Library |
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280 | (23) |
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15 Jeremiah in Jesus and the New Testament |
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303 | (17) |
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320 | (20) |
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17 Jeremiah in the Peshitta |
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340 | (19) |
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18 Jeremiah in the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha |
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359 | (20) |
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19 Jeremiah and His Book in Josephus's Writings |
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379 | (15) |
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394 | (20) |
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21 Medieval Christian Interpretation of the Book of Jeremiah |
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414 | (23) |
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PART 4 Jeremiah and Theology |
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22 Jeremiah as Mediator of the Covenant |
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437 | (18) |
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23 Jeremiah's God Has a Past, a Present, and a Future |
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455 | (21) |
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24 God and Place in Jeremiah |
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476 | (23) |
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| Index of Modern Authors |
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| Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings |
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Jack R. Lundbom. Ph.D. (1973), Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, is a Life Member at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He has published numerous scholarly articles and books, including the three-volume Jeremiah (1999; 2004).
Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. (1983), D.Habil. (2009), is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University. He has published several books on archaeology, Jesus, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, including Jesus and His Contemporaries (1995) and Jesus and the Remains of His Day (2015).
Bradford A. Anderson, Ph.D. (2010), Durham University, is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland. His research focuses on the Hebrew Bible and its reception, and publications include An Introduction to the Study of the Pentateuch (2017).
