Between Fear and Freedom

Essays on the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-14118-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 781 g

Reihe: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies

Jeremiah's "Little Book of Consolation" is an intruiging text that provokes a series of interpretative difficulties. Is the text originally from Jeremiah? Can it be construed as a literary coherence or is a complex literary process of emergence to be accepted? What is meant by the 'New Covenant'?
In this monograph Jer. 30–31 is read applying a variety of methods. The text-critical chapter argues for the reinforcement of the editorial theory according to which MT and LXXJer. are to be construed as two different versions. Much attention is paid to the delimitation criticism of these two chapters leading to the assumption that they are composed of ten Sub-Cantos.
Five of these Sub-Cantos are interpreted taking into account Ancient Near Eastern textual material in order to understand the mental framework of the ancient reader. The final chapter pleads for the conceptual coherence of Jer. 30–31 which is seen as based on the idea of divine changeability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Becking, Bob

Becking, Bob Prof. Dr.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Bob Becking, Ph.D. (1985) in Theology, Utrecht University, is Professor of Old Testament Study at Utrecht University. Apart from a great variety of articles, he published The Fall of Samaria (Brill, 1992) and was co-editor of the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (Brill, 1995; 1998)