Prophecy in the Book of Jeremiah / / ed. by Hans M. Barstad, Reinhard G. Kratz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Auld, Graeme,; Barstad, Hans M.,; Becking, Bob,; Bezzel, Hannes,; Bultmann, Christoph,; Grabbe, Lester L.,; Hayes, Elizabeth R.,; Nissinen, Martti,; Reimer, David J.,; Schaper, Joachim,; Stipp, Hermann‐Josef,; Thelle, Rannfrid I.,; Tiemeyer, Lena‐Sofia,; Weeks, Stuart,
• HerausgeberIn: Barstad, Hans M.,; Kratz, Reinhard G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 388
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 p.)

This volume contains the proceedings of a Symposium “Prophecy in the Book of Jeremiah”, arranged by the Edinburgh Prophecy Network in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, 11–12 May 2007. Prophetic studies are undergoing radical changes at the moment, following the breakdown of a methodological consensus in humanities and biblical studies. One of the challenges today concerns the question how to deal with history in a “post-modern” age. The French Annales School and narrative theory have contributed toward changing the intellectual climate of biblical studies dramatically. Whereas the “historical Jeremiah” was formerly believed to be hidden under countless additions and interpretations, and changed beyond recognition, it was still assumed that it would be possible to recover the “real” prophet with the tools of historical critical methods. However, according to a majority of scholars today, the recovery of the historical Jeremiah is no longer possible. For this reason, we have to seek new and multimethodological approaches to the study of prophecy, including diachronic and synchronic methods. The Meeting in Edinburgh in 2007 gathered specialists in prophetic studies from Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the USA, focusing on different aspects of the prophet Jeremiah. Prophetic texts from the whole Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern prophecy are taken into consideration.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Jeremiah‐Manasseh‐Samuel Significant Triangle? Or Vicious Circle? -- What Prophets Do. Reflections on Past Reality in the Book of Jeremiah -- Means of Revelation in the Book of Jeremiah -- The Suffering of the Elect. Variations on a Theological Problem in Jer 15:10‐21 -- Jeremiah epigrammatistes. Towards a Typology of Prophecy in Jeremiah -- Jeremiah among the Social Anthropologists -- Of Branches, Pots and Figs: Jeremiah’s Visions from a Cognitive Perspective -- The Historical Dilemma of Biblical Prophetic Studies -- Redeeming Politics in Jeremiah -- On Writing and Reciting in Jeremiah 36 -- Sprachliche Kennzeichen jeremianischer Autorschaft -- Babylon in the Book of Jeremiah (MT): Negotiating a Power Shift -- The Priests and the Temple Cult in the Book of Jeremiah -- Jeremiah as a Prophetic Book -- Backmatter