The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah

This volume investigates the theological themes and issues of the Book of Jeremiah.

Walter Brueggemann (Author)

9780521844543, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 November 2006

232 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg

'… a gem and a must for anyone interested in Jeremian studies.' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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.

1. Critical access to the Book of Jeremiah
2. The theology of the Book of Jeremiah
3. The place and function of the Book of Jeremiah within the Old Testament
4. The continuing influence of the Book of Jeremiah.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]