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The Book of Jeremiah is one of the longest, most complex and
influential writings in the Hebrew Bible. It comprises poetic
oracles, prose sermons, and narratives of the prophet, as well as
laments, symbolic actions, and utterances of hope from one of the
most turbulent periods in the history of ancient Judah and Israel.
Written by some of the most influential contemporary biblical
interpreters today, The Oxford Handbook of Jeremiah offers
compelling new readings of the text informed by a rich variety of
methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks. In presenting
discussions of the Book of Jeremiah in terms of its historical and
cultural contexts of origins, textual and literary history, major
internal themes, reception history, and significance for a number
of key political issues, The Handbook examines the fascinating
literary tradition of the Book of Jeremiah while also surveying
recent scholarship. The result is a synthetic anthology that offers
a significant contribution to the field as well as an indispensable
resource for scholars and non-specialists alike.
Walter Brueggemann is one of the most highly regarded Old Testament
scholars of our time; talk-show host Krista Tippett has even called
him "a kind of theological rock star." In this new book Brueggemann
probes the tasks performed by the ancient prophets of Israel and
points out striking correlations between the destruction of
Jerusalem in 587 b.c.e. and the catastrophic crisis of 9/11 in a.d.
2001. Brueggemann identifies a characteristic ideology of
"exceptionalism" - chosenness, entitlement, privilege - which must
be countered by prophetic realism and truth-telling. Denial must
give way to honest grief. And, finally, widespread despair must be
overcome by a buoyant hope. This sequence of ideology-realism,
denial-grief, and despair-hope corresponds to Brueggemann's
unpacking of the books of Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Isaiah.
Thoughtful readers will find provocative fare aplenty in
Brueggemann's Reality, Grief, Hope.
In this varied collection of essays, Walter Brueggemann provides a
lens into biblical teachings concerning the present age of fake
news, lies, and alternate realities. Compiled and edited by Louis
Stulman, professor of religion at the University of Findlay, these
essays carry a common theme of truth and hope. As Brueggemann
writes in the preface, there is no doubt that the prophetic
tradition regularly engages in truth-telling in order to expose
social reality as a systemic act of falseness that contradicts the
purposes of God. The prophetic tradition of Jeremiah, for instance,
is preoccupied with truth-telling that exposes falseness. The
prophet exposes the deceit of dominant culture. That same prophetic
tradition (like many others) turns eventually to the work of
hope-telling. Such hope does not doubt that the faithful God can
create futures, a way out of no way. The sequence from truth to
hope in the book of Jeremiah is characteristic of the prophetic
books of the Old Testament. These several prophetic voices (that
gave canonical shape to the prophetic books) knew that this
sequence is definingly important. There can be no hope until truth
is told. Our temptation, of course, is to do the work of hope
without the prior work of truth. Readers will find this collection
of essays to be theologically rooted in the concept of prophetic
tradition as a means of truth-telling. Brueggemann explores that,
without God, truth-telling is nothing more than harping, and
hope-telling is only wishful thinking.
Life of Meaning Anthology: Introductory Readings in Religion
invites students to consider an array of existential queries that
also serve as core questions for conversations on world religious
traditions. Readers evaluate questions of meaning, faith, and
vocation through enduring religious and philosophical texts. Part I
encourages readers to consider big questions of life: What is most
important? What does it mean to be human? Is there more to life
than meets the eye? What obligation do I have to others and to the
world? Part II introduces students to the study of religion and
presents religion as a source of truth-claims. In additional parts,
students explore seminal texts and perspectives within the
traditions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and
Taoism. The final section of the anthology addresses contemporary
issues of religion, including interreligious dialogue, religion and
science, the effects of internet on religion, and religion and the
environment. Inviting students to consider spirituality and their
understanding of the world and their place in it, Life of Meaning
Anthology is ideal for introductory courses in religious studies.
Using a thematic approach, David A. deSilva gives a brief
introduction and summary of the largely unknown and unappreciated
books of the Apocrypha. He also gives an overview to the social and
cultural context of the world of the Apocrypha and early
Christianity. From there, the book highlights the Apocrypha s
relevance and impact on Christian practices, spiritual formation,
and on Early Church doctrine and theology."
Jeremiah (Dis)Placed collects the best of the papers and responses
presented to the 2007 and 2008 sessions of the Writing/Reading
Jeremiah Group (SBL) offering an assessment of new interpretative
directions in current Jeremiah Studies. The Writing/Reading
Jeremiah group was re-launched at the 2007 annual meeting of the
SBL. Its purpose is to invite new readings and constructions of
meaning with the book of Jeremiah "this side" of historicist
paradigms and postmodernism. The group welcomes all strategies of
reading Jeremiah that seek to reconfigure, redeploy, and move
beyond conventional readings of Jeremiah. Their manifesto: not by
compositional history alone, nor biographical portrayal alone, nor
their accompanying theological superstructures; rather, we seek
interpretation from new spaces opened for reading Jeremiah by the
postmodern turn.
Inspired Speech was originally published as a Festschrift to honor
the work of Professor Herbert B. Huffmon, Professor of Old
Testament/Hebrew Bible at Drew University. Thirty-three of his
colleagues and students contributed to the work, which explores
various aspects of prophecy in ancient Israel and its neighboring
cultures. The result is a volume which provides an excellent
overview of the current state and future directions of scholarship
on prophecy in the biblical world. Contributors: Suzanne Richard,
Frank Moore Cross, George E. Mendenhall, Martti Nissinen, Robert R.
Wilson, Mary Chilton Callaway, Peggy L. Day, Daniel E. Fleming,
David Noel Freedman, Rebecca Frey, Alberto R. Green, Edward L.
Greenstein, Baruch A. Levine, David Marcus, Harry P. Nasuti, J. J.
M. Roberts, Jack M. Sasson, Karel van der Toorn, Lyn M. Bechtel,
Milton Eng, John Kaltner, John I. Lawlor, David A. Leiter, Jesse C.
Long, Jr, Mark Sneed, Jongsoo Park, Eric A. Seibert, Louis Stulman,
Alex Varughese, William W. Hallo, Michael S. Moore, Mary-Louise
Mussell, Paul A. Riemann
Troubling Jeremiah presents essays by Jeremiah scholars who are
troubled by the biblical book and give the scholarship on Jeremiah
trouble in turn. Essays seek to move beyond the Duhm-Mowinckel
source criticism of the book to address matters of metaphor, final
form, intertextuality, and the relationship of the book to various
audiences of readers. Taken together, the 24 essays in this volume
press for an end to 'innocent' readings of Jeremiah inasmuch as
current models prove inadequate for troubling the very Jeremiah
they have already helped to reveal.
Jeremiah (Dis)Placed collects the best of the papers and responses
presented to the 2007 and 2008 sessions of the Writing/Reading
Jeremiah Group (SBL) offering an assessment of new interpretative
directions in current Jeremiah Studies. The Writing/Reading
Jeremiah group was re-launched at the 2007 annual meeting of the
SBL. Its purpose is to invite new readings and constructions of
meaning with the book of Jeremiah "this side" of historicist
paradigms and postmodernism. The group welcomes all strategies of
reading Jeremiah that seek to reconfigure, redeploy, and move
beyond conventional readings of Jeremiah. Their manifesto: not by
compositional history alone, nor biographical portrayal alone, nor
their accompanying theological superstructures; rather, we seek
interpretation from new spaces opened for reading Jeremiah by the
postmodern turn.
This is a key book on the background and future direction of
scholarship prophecy in the biblical world. "Inspired Speech" was
originally published as a Festschrift to honor the work of
Professor Herbert B. Huffmon, Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew
Bible at Drew University. Thirty-three of his colleagues and
students contributed to the work, which explores various aspects of
prophecy in ancient Israel and its neighboring cultures. The result
is a volume which provides an excellent overview of the current
state and future directions of scholarship on prophecy in the
biblical world.The contributors include: Suzanne Richard, Frank
Moore Cross, George E. Mendenhall, Martti Nissinen, Robert R.
Wilson, Mary Chilton Callaway, Peggy L. Day, Daniel E. Fleming,
David Noel Freedman, Rebecca Frey, Alberto R. Green, Edward L.
Greenstein, Baruch A. Levine, David Marcus, Harry P. Nasuti, J. J.
M. Roberts, Jack M. Sasson, Karel van der Toorn, Lyn M. Bechtel,
Milton Eng, John Kaltner, John I. Lawlor, David A. Leiter, Jesse C.
Long, Jr, Mark Sneed, Jongsoo Park, Eric A. Seibert, Louis Stulman,
Alex Varughese, William W. Hallo, Michael S. Moore, Mary-Louise
Mussell, and Paul A. Riemann.Over the last 30 years, this
pioneering series has established an unrivalled reputation for
cutting-edge international scholarship in Biblical Studies and has
attracted leading authors and editors in the field. The series
takes many original and creative approaches to its subjects,
including innovative work from historical and theological
perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and more
recent developments in cultural studies and reception history.
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