Jeremiah 26-52
International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament (IECOT)
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2021
469 pages
978-3-17-040081-8 (ISBN)
Description
This commentary illumines Jer 26-52 through historical, literary, feminist, and postcolonial analysis. Ideologies of subjugation and resistance are entangled in the Jeremiah traditions. The reader is guided through narratives of extreme violence, portrayals of iconic allies and adversaries, and complex gestures of scribal resilience. Judah's cultural trauma is refracted through prose that mimics Neo-Babylonian colonizing ideology, dramatic scenes of survival, and poetry alight with the desire for vengeance against enemies. The commentary's historical and literary arguments are enriched by insights from archaeology, feminist translation theory, and queer studies.
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Carolyn J. Sharp is Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Content
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Imprint
- Contents
- Editors' Foreword
- Author's Preface
- Abbreviations
- Map of the Ancient Near East
- Introduction to Jeremiah 26-52
- The Formation of Jeremiah 26-52
- Redactional Theories
- Oracles Concerning the Nations
- Further Methodological Observations
- Themes and Structural Foci in Jeremiah 26-52
- Retributive Justice
- A Community Divided
- Structural Signs of Textual Resilience
- Feminist Commentary
- Feminist Convictions
- Feminist Hermeneutics
- Translation Practices
- Commentary in a Postcolonial Key
- Subalterns mimic their oppressors
- Subaltern hope interrupts imperial domination
- Jeremiah 26: Incendiary Words of Destruction
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 27-29: The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 30-31: Radical Words of Consolation
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 32-34: Land Claimed in Hope and Abjection
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 35-36: Enduring Tradition, Indelible Word
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 37-39: Sedition, Siege, and Survival
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 40-45: Resistance and Resilience
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 46-47: Oracles about Egypt and Philistia
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 48-49: Oracles about Moab and Other Adversaries
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 50-51: Oracles about Babylon
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Jeremiah 52: The Ruination of Jerusalem
- Overview
- Translation
- Notes on the Text and Translation
- Interpretation
- Diachronic Analysis
- Synchronic Analysis
- Integrative Reading
- Bibliography
- Indexes
- Index of Biblical Citations
- Hebrew Scriptures
- Apocrypha
- Pseudepigrapha
- New Testament
- Index of Key Terms
- Plan of volumes
