Jeremiah's Scriptures
Production, Reception, Interaction, and Transformation
Published on 15. November 2016
Book
Leather / fine binding
646 pages
978-90-04-32024-6 (ISBN)
Description
Jeremiah's Scriptures focuses on the composition of the biblical book of Jeremiah and its dynamic afterlife in ancient Jewish traditions. Jeremiah is an interpretive text that grew over centuries by means of extensive redactional activities on the part of its tradents. In addition to the books within the book of Jeremiah, other books associated with Jeremiah or Baruch were also generated. All the aforementioned texts constitute what we call "Jeremiah's Scriptures." The papers and responses collected here approach Jeremiah's scriptures from a variety of perspectives in biblical and ancient Jewish sub-fields. One of the authors' goals is to challenge the current fragmentation of the fields of theology, biblical studies, ancient Judaism. This volume focuses on Jeremiah and his legacy.
Reviews / Votes
"Some of the contributors raise fundamental, and for certain readers undoubtedly unsettling, issues about the historical figure of Jeremiah, the nature of the interpretational process from which it emerged and the continuation of this process beyond the canonical forms in which it has been preserved. The editors, for their part, are to be congratulated for their efforts towards bringing scholars into dialogue with one another. Finally, it should not go unnoticed that they invited both established and upcoming scholars to contribute to the volume, which allows for new perspectives on some well-known problems." - H. Debel, in: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (2018)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1133 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-32024-6 (9789004320246)
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Persons
Hindy Najman, Ph.D. (1998), Harvard University, is the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. She has published monographs and numerous articles on biblical interpretation, history of scholarship and revelation, including Losing the Temple and Recovering the Future: An Analysis of 4Ezra (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Konrad Schmid, Ph.D. (1995), University of Zurich, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at that university. He has published Buchgestalten des Jeremiabuches (WMANT 72; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1996) and he is working on a commentary on the book of Jeremiah.
Konrad Schmid, Ph.D. (1995), University of Zurich, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at that university. He has published Buchgestalten des Jeremiabuches (WMANT 72; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1996) and he is working on a commentary on the book of Jeremiah.
Content
Contents
Part 1: Hebrew Bible
1 Exegesis, Expansion, and Tradition-Making in the Book of Jeremiah
Robert R. Wilson
2 A New Understanding of the Book of Jeremiah. A Response to Robert R. Wilson
Georg Fischer
3 Ancient Editing and the Coherence of Traditions within the Book of Jeremiah and throughout the .?????? A Response to Robert R. Wilson
Florian Lippke
4 Prophets, Princes, and Kings: Prophecy and Prophetic Books according to Jeremiah 36
Friedhelm Hartenstein
5 King Jehoiakim's Attempt to Destroy the Written Word of God (Jeremiah 36). A Response to Friedhelm Hartenstein
Lida Panov
6 Scribal Loyalty and the Burning of the Scroll in Jeremiah 36. A Response to Friedhelm Hartenstein
Justin J. White
7 The Nature of Deutero-Jeremianic Texts
Christl M. Maier
8 The "Deuteronomistic" Character of the Book of Jeremiah. A Response to Christl M. Maier
Thomas Roemer
9 A Gap between Style and Context? A Response to Christl M. Maier
Laura Carlson
10 Deutero-Jeremianic Language in the Temple Sermon. A Response to Christl M. Maier
William L. Kelly
11 Formulaic Language and the Formation of the Book of Jeremiah
Hermann-Josef Stipp
12 Mysteries of the Book of Jeremiah: Its Text and Formulaic Language. A Response to Hermann-Josef Stipp
Georg Fischer
13 What Does "Deuteronomistic" Designate? A Response to Hermann-Josef Stipp
Elisa Uusimaeki
14 Less than 300 Years. A Response to Hermann-Josef Stipp
Fabian Kuhn
15 Why Jeremiah? The Invention of a Prophetic Figure
Reinhard G. Kratz
16 Was Jeremiah Invented? The Relation of an Author to a Literary Tradition. A Response to Reinhard G. Kratz
Bernard M. Levinson
17 The Question of Prophetic "Authenticity." A Response to Reinhard G. Kratz
Olivia Stewart
18 Jeremiah: The Prophet and the Concept. A Response to Reinhard G. Kratz
Zafer Tayseer Mohammad
Part 2: Ancient Jewish Literature
19 Confessing in Exile: The Reception and Composition of Jeremiah in (Daniel and) Baruch
Judith H. Newman
20 Scribal Culture of the Hebrew Bible and the Burden of the Canon:Human Agency and Textual Production and Consumption in Ancient Judaism. A Response to Judith H. Newman
Mladen Popovic
21 The Meanings of the Jerusalem Temple in Baruch. A Response to Judith H. Newman
Zhenshuai Jiang
22 Text Reception and Conceptions of Authority in Second Temple Contexts. A Response to Judith H. Newman
Phillip M. Lasater
23 The Use and Function of Jeremianic Tradition in 1 Enoch: The Epistle of Enoch in Focus
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
24 Jeremiah, Deuteronomy and Enoch. A Response to Loren T. Stuckenbruck
John J. Collins
25 Is Enoch also among the (Jeremianic) Prophets? A Response to Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Ryan C. Stoner
26 Jeremiah's Scriptures in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Growth of a Tradition
Eibert Tigchelaar
27 Modelling Jeremiah Traditions in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A Response to Eibert Tigchelaar
George J. Brooke
28 New Material or Traditions Expanded? A Response to Eibert Tigchelaar
Anja Klein
29 Unities and Boundaries across the Jeremianic Dead Sea Scrolls. A Response to Eibert Tigchelaar
James Nati
30 Jeremiah, Baruch, and Their Books: Three Phases in a Changing Relationship
Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied
31 The Reception of a Reception: The Influence of 1 Baruch on the Structure of 5 Ezra. A Response to Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied
Veronika Hirschberger
32 Textual and Material Contexts. A Response to Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied
Nathalie LaCoste
33 Retelling the Story of Exile: The Reception of the Jeremiah Tradition in 4 Baruch in the Perspective of the Jewish Diaspora
Jens Herzer
34 The Eagle and the Basket of Figs in 4 Baruch. A Response to Jens Herzer
Robin D. Young
35 The Development of the Jeremiah Figure in 2 Baruch and 4 Baruch. A Response to Jens Herzer
Boyeon Briana Lee
36 Jeremiah as Mystagogue: Jeremiah in Philo of Alexandria
Gregory E. Sterling
37 Philo and Jeremiah: A Mysterious Passage in De Cherubim. A Response to Gregory E. Sterling
Rene Bloch
38 Jeremiah as Hierophant: Jeremiah in Philo of Alexandria. A Response to Gregory E. Sterling
Franz Toth
39 "I am the Man": The Afterlife of a Biblical Verse in Second Temple Times
James Kugel
Part 3: Early Christian and Rabbinic Literature
40 The Reception of Jeremiah and the Impact of Jeremianic Traditions in the New Testament: A Survey
Joerg Frey
41 Jeremiah in the Book of Revelation. A Response to Joerg Frey
Adela Yarbro Collins
42 The Jeremianic Covenant Theology and its Impact in the Gospel of Matthew. A Response to Joerg Frey
Veronika Niederhofer
43 The Commissioning of Paul: Light from the Prophet Jeremiah on the Self-Understanding of the Apostle?
Lutz Doering
44 The Apostle Paul in the Prophetic Matrix of Jeremiah. A Response to Lutz Doering
Kipp Davis
45 Like a Priest Exposing His Own Wayward Mother: Jeremiah in Rabbinic Literature
Ishay Rosen-Zvi
46 Jeremiah in Rabbinic Theology and Baruch in Rabbinic Historiography. A Response to Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Shlomo Zuckier
47 Probing the Rabbis' Criticism and Silence with Regard to Jeremiah. A Response to Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Jordash Kiffiak
Author Index
Ancient Sources Index
Subject Index
Part 1: Hebrew Bible
1 Exegesis, Expansion, and Tradition-Making in the Book of Jeremiah
Robert R. Wilson
2 A New Understanding of the Book of Jeremiah. A Response to Robert R. Wilson
Georg Fischer
3 Ancient Editing and the Coherence of Traditions within the Book of Jeremiah and throughout the .?????? A Response to Robert R. Wilson
Florian Lippke
4 Prophets, Princes, and Kings: Prophecy and Prophetic Books according to Jeremiah 36
Friedhelm Hartenstein
5 King Jehoiakim's Attempt to Destroy the Written Word of God (Jeremiah 36). A Response to Friedhelm Hartenstein
Lida Panov
6 Scribal Loyalty and the Burning of the Scroll in Jeremiah 36. A Response to Friedhelm Hartenstein
Justin J. White
7 The Nature of Deutero-Jeremianic Texts
Christl M. Maier
8 The "Deuteronomistic" Character of the Book of Jeremiah. A Response to Christl M. Maier
Thomas Roemer
9 A Gap between Style and Context? A Response to Christl M. Maier
Laura Carlson
10 Deutero-Jeremianic Language in the Temple Sermon. A Response to Christl M. Maier
William L. Kelly
11 Formulaic Language and the Formation of the Book of Jeremiah
Hermann-Josef Stipp
12 Mysteries of the Book of Jeremiah: Its Text and Formulaic Language. A Response to Hermann-Josef Stipp
Georg Fischer
13 What Does "Deuteronomistic" Designate? A Response to Hermann-Josef Stipp
Elisa Uusimaeki
14 Less than 300 Years. A Response to Hermann-Josef Stipp
Fabian Kuhn
15 Why Jeremiah? The Invention of a Prophetic Figure
Reinhard G. Kratz
16 Was Jeremiah Invented? The Relation of an Author to a Literary Tradition. A Response to Reinhard G. Kratz
Bernard M. Levinson
17 The Question of Prophetic "Authenticity." A Response to Reinhard G. Kratz
Olivia Stewart
18 Jeremiah: The Prophet and the Concept. A Response to Reinhard G. Kratz
Zafer Tayseer Mohammad
Part 2: Ancient Jewish Literature
19 Confessing in Exile: The Reception and Composition of Jeremiah in (Daniel and) Baruch
Judith H. Newman
20 Scribal Culture of the Hebrew Bible and the Burden of the Canon:Human Agency and Textual Production and Consumption in Ancient Judaism. A Response to Judith H. Newman
Mladen Popovic
21 The Meanings of the Jerusalem Temple in Baruch. A Response to Judith H. Newman
Zhenshuai Jiang
22 Text Reception and Conceptions of Authority in Second Temple Contexts. A Response to Judith H. Newman
Phillip M. Lasater
23 The Use and Function of Jeremianic Tradition in 1 Enoch: The Epistle of Enoch in Focus
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
24 Jeremiah, Deuteronomy and Enoch. A Response to Loren T. Stuckenbruck
John J. Collins
25 Is Enoch also among the (Jeremianic) Prophets? A Response to Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Ryan C. Stoner
26 Jeremiah's Scriptures in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Growth of a Tradition
Eibert Tigchelaar
27 Modelling Jeremiah Traditions in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A Response to Eibert Tigchelaar
George J. Brooke
28 New Material or Traditions Expanded? A Response to Eibert Tigchelaar
Anja Klein
29 Unities and Boundaries across the Jeremianic Dead Sea Scrolls. A Response to Eibert Tigchelaar
James Nati
30 Jeremiah, Baruch, and Their Books: Three Phases in a Changing Relationship
Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied
31 The Reception of a Reception: The Influence of 1 Baruch on the Structure of 5 Ezra. A Response to Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied
Veronika Hirschberger
32 Textual and Material Contexts. A Response to Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied
Nathalie LaCoste
33 Retelling the Story of Exile: The Reception of the Jeremiah Tradition in 4 Baruch in the Perspective of the Jewish Diaspora
Jens Herzer
34 The Eagle and the Basket of Figs in 4 Baruch. A Response to Jens Herzer
Robin D. Young
35 The Development of the Jeremiah Figure in 2 Baruch and 4 Baruch. A Response to Jens Herzer
Boyeon Briana Lee
36 Jeremiah as Mystagogue: Jeremiah in Philo of Alexandria
Gregory E. Sterling
37 Philo and Jeremiah: A Mysterious Passage in De Cherubim. A Response to Gregory E. Sterling
Rene Bloch
38 Jeremiah as Hierophant: Jeremiah in Philo of Alexandria. A Response to Gregory E. Sterling
Franz Toth
39 "I am the Man": The Afterlife of a Biblical Verse in Second Temple Times
James Kugel
Part 3: Early Christian and Rabbinic Literature
40 The Reception of Jeremiah and the Impact of Jeremianic Traditions in the New Testament: A Survey
Joerg Frey
41 Jeremiah in the Book of Revelation. A Response to Joerg Frey
Adela Yarbro Collins
42 The Jeremianic Covenant Theology and its Impact in the Gospel of Matthew. A Response to Joerg Frey
Veronika Niederhofer
43 The Commissioning of Paul: Light from the Prophet Jeremiah on the Self-Understanding of the Apostle?
Lutz Doering
44 The Apostle Paul in the Prophetic Matrix of Jeremiah. A Response to Lutz Doering
Kipp Davis
45 Like a Priest Exposing His Own Wayward Mother: Jeremiah in Rabbinic Literature
Ishay Rosen-Zvi
46 Jeremiah in Rabbinic Theology and Baruch in Rabbinic Historiography. A Response to Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Shlomo Zuckier
47 Probing the Rabbis' Criticism and Silence with Regard to Jeremiah. A Response to Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Jordash Kiffiak
Author Index
Ancient Sources Index
Subject Index