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A commentary on Jeremiah : exile and homecoming / Walter Brueggemann.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©1998.Description: xiv, 502 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 080280280X
  • 9780802802804
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 224.2 BRU C
LOC classification:
  • BS1525.3 .B75 1998
Contents:
The word through Jeremiah (1:1-19) -- The wild vine (2:1-37) -- Return to me (3:1--4:4) -- Terror on every side (4:5--6:30) -- Jeremiah's temple sermon (7:1--8:3) -- No balm in Gilead (8:4--10:25) -- The covenant broken (11:1-17) -- A hard message to stubborn Jerusalem (11:18--20:18) -- Judgment and hope (21:1--25:38) -- Truth speaks to power (26:1--29:32) -- "The book of comfort" (30:1--33:26) -- A case study in fidelity (34:1--35:19) -- The "Baruch document" (36:1--45:5) -- The oracles against the nations (46:1--51:64) -- An ending and a chance (52:1-34).
Review: This expository commentary by Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and social milieu of Jeremiah and offers a theological interpretation of this central book of the Old Testament.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 496-502).

The word through Jeremiah (1:1-19) -- The wild vine (2:1-37) -- Return to me (3:1--4:4) -- Terror on every side (4:5--6:30) -- Jeremiah's temple sermon (7:1--8:3) -- No balm in Gilead (8:4--10:25) -- The covenant broken (11:1-17) -- A hard message to stubborn Jerusalem (11:18--20:18) -- Judgment and hope (21:1--25:38) -- Truth speaks to power (26:1--29:32) -- "The book of comfort" (30:1--33:26) -- A case study in fidelity (34:1--35:19) -- The "Baruch document" (36:1--45:5) -- The oracles against the nations (46:1--51:64) -- An ending and a chance (52:1-34).

This expository commentary by Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and social milieu of Jeremiah and offers a theological interpretation of this central book of the Old Testament.

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