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a commentary on the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, chapters 26-52

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An edition of Jeremiah 2 (1989)

Jeremiah 2

a commentary on the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, chapters 26-52

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Table of Contents

Foreword to Hermeneia
Author's foreword
Editor's note
Introduction : Preliminary remarks
Part one : The text of the Book of Jeremiah.
The relation of M and G ; the nature of G : preliminary remarks
The contrastive sequence of chapters in G and M
The contrast in translation of the two halves of G
The translation technique of the old Greek
The date of the old Greek translation
The origin of the proto-Septuagintal and proto-Masoretic texts ; the nature of the proto-Septuagintal text
The nature and date of the proto-Masoretic text
The later Greek versions
The Vulgate (V)
The Peshitta (S)
The Aramaic Targum (T)
Part two : Analysis of the literary development of the Book of Jeremiah.
Preliminary remarks
History of discussion
A plausible theory for the growth of the book of Jeremiah : preliminary remarks
The first two scrolls, and the identification of the first scroll : chapters 1-6
Further discussion of the initial form of the second scroll : chapters 7-10
A fresh scroll in 594?
The inclusion of four prose passages
Three small sequences now found within chapters 21-24
The preservation of other early material now found in chapters 10-20
A separate, hopeful scroll : the development of chapters 26-36
The oracles against foreign nations ; the addition of 25:15-29 and 30-38
The narrative of the final months of Jeremiah's career, chapters 37-44
Later additions to the collection
Part three : The prophet Jeremiah.
Preliminary remarks
Section A : The life and times of Jeremiah.
Birth of Jeremiah (627-626) ; Josiah's reform (622)
The septennial reading of Deuteronomy
A propagandist for Josiah (615-609) ; the Battle of Megiddo (609)
From the Temple Sermon (609) to the Battle of Carchemish (605) ; the first scroll
The Babylonian invasion of Philistia (604) ; the drought begins ; the king burns the scroll (601)
The word of irrevocable judgment ; the second scroll ; the counter-liturgy of drought and battle ; the declaration of celibacy and the smashing of the flask ; the opposition of the optimistic prophets and the first confessions (601-600)
Babylon renews the pressure on Judah ; the first siege of Jerusalem (599-597)
The Jerusalem Conference and its consequences (594)
The second siege of Jerusalem (588-587)
The new covenant : the flight into Egypt (587)
Conclusion
Section B : The sources on which Jeremiah drew : the data.
Preliminary remarks
Jeremiah's reminiscences of the traditions in Genesis
Jeremiah's reminiscences of Moses and to material in Exodus
Possible parallels in Leviticus and Numbers
Possible parallels in Joshua and Judges
Jeremiah's reminiscences of events in the time of Samuel
Jeremiah's reminiscences of events during the kingship of David and Solomon
Jeremiah's reminiscences of the ninth-century prophets
Jeremiah's reminiscences of the eighth-century siege of Jerusalem
Jeremiah's dependence on the eighth- and seventh-century prophets : preliminary remarks
Jeremiah's dependence on Amos
Jeremiah's dependence on Hosea
Jeremiah's dependence on Isaiah
Jeremiah's dependence on Micah
Jeremiah's dependence on the seventh-century prophets : Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk
Relations between Jeremiah and Deuteronomy : preliminary remarks
Relations between Jeremiah and Deuteronomy 32 and 33
Deuteronomy 12-26 as background for Jeremiah's poetry
Deuteronomy 12-26 as background for Jeremiah's prose
Material in the prose of Deuteronomy outside chapters 12-26 as background for Jeremiah's poetry and prose
Jeremiah's dependence on the Decalogue and on the Curses : were these parts of proto-Deuteronomy?
Two instances of dependence between Jeremiah and Deuteronomy : in which direction?
Instances in which late Deuteronomy appears to be dependent on Jeremiah
The shape of proto-Deuteronomy
The question of Huldah's oracle
Relations between Jeremiah and the Psalms : preliminary remarks
Psalms on which Jeremiah drew : cases of fair certitude
Mutual borrowing? : Psalm 107
Psalms dependent on Jeremiah
Jeremiah's dependence on the wisdom tradition, especially Proverbs
Section C : The person and proclamation of Jeremiah.
Preliminary remarks
The prophet Jeremiah : his tradition and his role
Jeremiah's use of language
The content of Jeremiah's proclamation
Section D : The impact of Jeremiah on his own and later generations.
Preliminary remarks
Jeremiah's impact on his own generation
Jeremiah's impact on Ezekiel
Jeremiah's impact on Lamentations
Jeremiah's impact on the exilic Deuteronomists
Jeremiah's impact on Job
Jeremiah's impact on Deutero-Isaiah
Jeremiah's impact on Trito-Isaiah
Jeremiah's impact on the remainder of the Isaianic corpus
Jeremiah's impact on Zechariah 1-8
Jeremiah's impact on the remainder of the prophetic corpora
Jeremiah's impact on Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles
Jeremiah's impact on Daniel and on the Deuterocanonical Books
Jermiah's impact on the Pseudepigrapha
Jeremiah's impact on the Qumran literature
Jeremiah's impact on the New Testament
Commentary.
26:1-24 : The Temple Sermon and its consequences
27:1-22 : The yoke of the King of Babylon
28:1-17 : Jeremiah's confrontation with Hananiah
29:1-23 : A letter to the exiles
29:24-32 : Shemaiah opposes the message of Jeremiah
30:1-31:40 : The book of comfort
32:1-44 : Jeremiah buys a field
33:1-13 : God will rebuild the houses of Jerusalem
33:14-26 : A future for Levitical priests and Davidic kingship
34:1-7 : The fate of Zedekiah
34:8-22 : Breach of faith concerning slavery
35:1-19 : The example of the Rechabites
36:1-32 : The king burns Jeremiah's scroll
37:1-44:30 : The final months of Jeremiah's career
45:1-5 : Yahweh's word to Baruch
46:1-51:58 : The oracles against foreign nations
46:1-12 : Egypt has stumbled and fallen
46:13-28 : Egypt will go into exile
47:1-7 : Philistia will be washed away
48:1-47 : Moab will be brought down
49:1-6 : Rabbah will be destroyed, and the Ammonites dispossessed
49:7-22 : Edom will fall
49:23-27 : The Aramean cities will panic and be deserted
49:28-33 : Both nomadic and sedentary Arabs will be defeated
49:34-39 : Yahweh's sovereignty reaches even to Elam
50:1-51:58 : Babylon too will fall
51:59-64 : Jeremiah sends word to Babylon of her destruction
52:1-34 : A historical appendix
Bibliography

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-461).

Published in
Minneapolis
Series
Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
224/.2077
Library of Congress
BS1525.3 .H644 1989, BS1525.3.H644 1989, BS1525.3 .H64 1986

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxxi, 543 p.
Number of pages
543
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL2062118M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0800660226
ISBN 13
9780800660222
LCCN
88045437, 85045498
OCLC/WorldCat
20253241, 21127260
Library Thing
337325
Goodreads
4142100

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