The dialogues of Jeremiah : toward a phenomenology of exile / by Mitchel Modine.
Series: Gorgias dissertations: biblical studies ; 38 | Gorgias dissertations. Biblical studies ; ; 38.Publication details: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2009.Description: xii, 305 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781607240280
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Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Drew University, 2006 under title: "Everything written in this book" : the perceptions of the exile in the Book of Jeremiah.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Framing the dialogues -- Multivocality in Jeremiah -- The Bible as perception literature -- Recent commentaries -- Useful historical studies -- Dialogues with God -- Punishment for abandoning Yahweh to serve other Gods -- Perceptions of devastation -- Returning to the iniquities of the ancestors -- Punishment for failure to repent -- Punishment with the possibility of redemption -- No intercession or redemption -- Punishment for the sins of the rulers -- Dialogues with religious opponents -- Jeremiah and the priests -- Jeremiah and the devotees of the Queen of Heaven -- Jeremiah and the prophets -- Dialogues with survivors -- Experiencing (real or imagined) advantage in the exilic period -- Hope for the future -- Accepting babylonian rule -- Resisting babylonian rule -- Dialogues with political leaders -- Others agreeing with the dominant view -- Before the destruction -- After the destruction -- Dialogues with a (re-) constituted community -- Life will return to normal -- Life will be different -- Conclusion -- Summary of the dialogues -- Examination of alignments.
