Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth

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Liturgical 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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CHAPTER FIVE
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Сторінка 14 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Сторінка xxv - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ; and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say,. We are delivered to do all these abominations ? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes...
Сторінка 109 - Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed! Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, "A son is born to you...
Сторінка 3 - Do not say, I am only a child. You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,
Сторінка 109 - Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Сторінка 9 - I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Сторінка 52 - For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
Сторінка 34 - At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Сторінка 96 - Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, "Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:" therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword ; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: and there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
Сторінка 2 - Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

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Carol J. Dempsey, OP is professor of biblical studies at the University of Portland, Oregon, with special expertise in Old Testament and prophets. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America, and has authored several books including Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth (Liturgical Press, 2007) and Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict.

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