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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... hope is for students to continue to see the relationship between their best questions and their most valuable insights , between how they approach texts and what they find there . The volumes go well beyond familiar para- phrase of ...
... hope of all of us that you will find the series useful and stimulating for your own teaching and learning . Barbara Green , O.P. INTERFACES Series Editor May 16 , 2006 Berkeley , California ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This volume would not have ...
... hope . To examine these texts closely is to discover that embedded in these speeches , as well as in the book as a whole , is Jeremiah's own theology and theological perspective , reflecting the influ- ence of both the Exodus and Wisdom ...
... hope , first expressed in Jeremiah 1:10 : See , today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms , to pluck up and to pull down , to destroy and to overthrow , to build and to plant . The newly emerging vision is contained within the ...
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CHAPTER | 28 |
CHAPTER THREE | 38 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 54 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 62 |
CHAPTER | 76 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 87 |