The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Walter Brueggemann
SeriesOld Testament Theology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9780521844543
ClassificationsDewey:224.206
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 November 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The present study focuses on the theology of the Book of Jeremiah. That theology revolves around themes familiar from Israel's covenantal faith, especially the sovereignty of YHWH expressed in judgment and promise. The outcome of this theological nexus of context, person, and tradition is a book that moves into the abyss and out of the abyss in unexpected ways. It does so, in part, by asserting that God continues to be generatively and disturbingly operative in the affairs of the world, up to and including our contemporary abysses (such as 9/11). The God attested in the Book of Jeremiah invites its readers into and through any and all such dislocations to new futures that combine divine agency and human inventiveness rooted in faithfulness.

Author Biography

Dr Walter Brueggemann is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and former President of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Reviews

"Walter Brueggemann's study of Jeremiah fits perfectly in this promising series. Writing with characteristic passion and lucidity, Brueggemann boldly approaches Jeremiah with deep prophetic conviction himself. His treatment leads the reader through the scholarly debates into the ancient world of exile to our world of shoah and terror, and in the process mines Jeremiah for all its theological worth." --William P. Brown, Columbia Theological Seminary