After the invasion : a reading of Jeremiah 40-44 / Keith Bodner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodner, Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Jeremiah.

Bible.

Bible. Jeremiah--Commentaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides a literary reading of five later chapters of the book of Jeremiah set in the period following the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians. It analyses a powerfully composed story that features a host of stylistic devices and deftly sketched characters.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""After the Invasion: A Reading of Jeremiah 40-44""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction to After the Invasion""; ""1: The Imperial Voice""; ""An Unexpected Word""; ""The Profession of Nebuzaradan""; ""Unchained at Ramah""; ""Prophetic Options""; ""2: A Gathering Storm""; ""The Appointment of Gedaliah""; ""The Leaders ́Oath""; ""Subversive Warning""; ""Covert Proposal""; ""3: Treachery at Mizpah""; ""Seventh Month""; ""Royal Seed""; ""Hospitality Hijacked""; ""Fusillade of Violence""; ""4: Specters of Conflicts Past""; ""Hewing the Cistern""

""Taken Hostage""""By the Waters of Gibeon""; ""Rescue and Escape""; ""5: The Prophetś Reactivation""; ""Southern Movement""; ""Bethlehem Interlude""; ""The Comeback""; ""Holding Pattern""; ""Changing Gears""; ""6: Absconding to Egypt""; ""False Charges""; ""Ground of Refusal""; ""Hard Rock""; ""Metaphorical Entanglement""; ""7: Requiem for the Departed""; ""The Wasteland""; ""Home Economics""; ""Chorus Line""; ""Signing Off""; ""Conclusion to After the Invasion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-107879-4

0-19-180290-5

0-19-106071-2

OCLC:

913513763