The Book of Jeremiah
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Select Bibliography -- Maps -- Introduction -- I. Background -- A. Josiah, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem -- B. Yahweh's Message Came -- II. Unity of Composition -- A. The Th...
| Summary: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Select Bibliography -- Maps -- Introduction -- I. Background -- A. Josiah, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem -- B. Yahweh's Message Came -- II. Unity of Composition -- A. The Three Horizons -- B. The Composition of Jeremiah and the Composition of the Gospels -- C. The Persian Period: A Fourth Horizon? -- D. Disunity of Composition (A Fifth Horizon) -- E. The Torah, the Prophets, and the Psalms -- F. Was Jeremiah a Historical Figure? -- III. Authorship and Date -- A. Jeremiah as Poet -- B. Jeremiah as Preacher -- C. Jeremiah as Crusader -- D. Jeremiah as Persuader -- E. Jeremiah and His Curators as Anthologists -- IV. Place of Origin, Occasion, and Destination -- V. Canonicity -- A. The Scroll as Message from Yahweh -- B. The Scroll and the Scriptures -- C. The Jeremiah Scroll in the Canons of Judaism and of the Church -- VI. The Hebrew Text -- A. The Two Versions -- B. Behind the Masoretic Text -- VII. Theology -- A. The God of Israel -- B. The Israel of God -- C. The Nations -- D. The Present, the Past, and the Future -- VIII. Main Themes and Their Implications -- A. Theology Embodied: Jeremiah as Subject -- B. Theology Imaged -- C. Theology of a Both-and Character -- IX. Analysis of Contents -- A. Jeremiah 1-25 -- B. Jeremiah 25-52 -- Text and Commentary -- Prologue: An Introduction to the Scroll (1:1-19) -- A. Preface (1:1-3) -- B. Jeremiah Gives an Account of His Commission (1:4-10) -- C. Jeremiah Reports a Message from Yahweh: He Is Going to Do What He Has Said (1:11-12) -- D. Jeremiah Reports a Second Message from Yahweh: He Intends to Bring Disaster on Judah, and Jeremiah Must Be Bold (1:13-19) -- I. Part One: Confrontation, Exhortation, Warning (2:1-6:30) -- A. Mostly Confrontation (2:1-37) -- 1. A Wistful Remembering (2:1-8). |
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| ISBN: | 1467462470 |