The theology of the book of Jeremiah / Walter Brueggemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brueggemann, Walter, author.

Series:

Old Testament theology.

Old Testament theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Jeremiah--Theology.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Critical access to the Book of Jeremiah

The theology of the Book of Jeremiah

The place and function of the Book of Jeremiah within the Old Testament

The continuing influence of the Book of Jeremiah.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16389-7

1-280-70993-6

1-139-16726-X

0-511-25694-9

0-511-25744-9

0-511-25585-3

0-511-31956-8

0-511-25642-6

OCLC:

437175101