Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of TruthLiturgical Press, 2007 - 124 стор. What does it mean to be deeply in love with God and, at the same time, with a person, a group, or a nation that is at odds with God? Such is the dilemma of the prophet Jeremiah, and it is an experience not unfamiliar to many in our own day. The lesson of Jeremiah's story is that, no matter how unfaithful humans may be, God remains always faithful, always ready to forgive and to right the wrongs humans have wrought. Using the tools of rhetorical and narrative criticism, Carol Dempsey develops the character Jeremiah as a literary figure, a messenger not only to his own people but to all readers of his book. In keeping with the purposes of the Interfaces series, she helps us sharpen our critical skills by examining the text's presentation of a biblical character not in isolation but interacting, interfacing, with others in his milieu and, implicitly, in ours. Jeremiah is both prophet and poet, as Dempsey shows. She examines the prophet as both gifted and burdened by his mission and the word given to him, a word personal to himself and repugnant to his audience. Ultimately, it is Jeremiah's relationship with God, in its depth and its tension, that shapes his character 'and that of his audience as well. In the end, Jeremiah's struggles move him from pathos to trust, from imprisonment to freedom, from desperation to conviction, leaving him and his readers with a sense of wonder at the mystery of God. |
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... followed by a general introduction to the literary and theological content of the Jeremiah text as a whole , and then a brief comment on the character Jeremiah as a person , a prophet , and a poet . Approaching the Character and Text of ...
... followed a similar path , trusting in the false pretense of the Zion Tradition and the inviolability of Jerusalem . From the Judahites ' perspective the Temple was God's dwell- ing place , Jerusalem was God's holy city , and they were ...
... followed in the ways of his grandfather Ahaz , beginning with the recognition of Assyria's gods . Such recognition led to other religious changes initiated by Manasseh . These included the restoration of local shrines , tolerance of the ...
... followed by a series of conflicts between true and false prophets ( chs . 27-29 ) , and the Book of Consolation ( chs . 30-33 ) . Chapters 34-45 are a narrative account of what happened to Jeremiah in the last days of Judah , up to his ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER | 28 |
CHAPTER THREE | 38 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 54 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 62 |
CHAPTER | 76 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 87 |