Between Fear and Freedom: Essays on the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31 - Couverture rigide

Prof Dr Becking, Bob

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004141189 ISBN 13 : 9789004141186

Editeur : Brill, 2004

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004141189
• ISBN 13: 9789004141186
• Reliure: Cuir/luxe
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible