Between fear and freedom : : essays on the interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31 / / by Bob Becking.

• Superior document: Oudtestamentische studien = Old Testament studies, d. 51
• Author: Becking, Bob.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Oudtestamentische studien ; d. 51.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Dissonant Voice of Hope: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31 -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Art and the Act of Interpretation -- 1.3 The Book of Consolation -- 1.4 The Outline of this Book -- 2 Abbreviation, Expansion or Two Traditions: The Text of Jeremiah 30-31 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A Textual Comparison -- 2.2.1 Zero Variants -- 2.2.2 Linguistic Exegesis -- 2.2.3 Instance where the MT Has a Corruption -- 2.2.4 Instances where the Old Greek Did Not Understand Its Vorlage -- 2.2.5 Secondary Additions in the LXX -- 2.2.6 Minor Content Variants -- 2.2.7 Content Variants -- 2.2.8 A Rearranged Unit -- 2.3 Conclusions -- 3 Cola, Canticles and Subcantos: The Macrostructure of Jeremiah 30-31 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Previous Proposals -- 3.3 Petuḥa and Setuma in Various Manuscripts -- 3.4 Macro Syntactical Indicators -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 3.6 The Composition of Jeremiah 30-31: A Proposal -- 3.7 Delimitation of Lines -- 3.8 Delimitation of Strophes -- 3.9 Delimitation of Canticles -- 3.10 Remarks on the Macro-Structure of Jeremiah 30-31 -- 4 'I Will Break His Yoke From Off Your Neck': An Interpretation of Jeremiah 30:5-11 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Text and Translation -- 4.3 Composition -- 4.3.1 Awful Terror Jer. 30:5-7 -- 4.3.2 Prophecy of Liberation Jeremiah 30:8-9 -- 4.3.3 Oracle of Salvation Jeremiah 30:10-11 -- 4.4 Literary and Conceptual Unity of Jeremiah 30:5-11 -- 5 Divine Changeability: An Interpretation of Jeremiah 30:12-17 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Text and Translation -- 5.3 Literary Unity or Complex Composition? -- 5.3.1 Critical Positions: Duhm, Volz and Holladay -- 5.3.2 Arguing for Literary Unity -- 5.4 The Conceptual Coherence of Jer. 30:12-17 -- 5.4.1 Motif and Model: Incurable Fracture and Divine Force Majeure.

5.4.2 The Linguistics of lākēn -- 5.4.3 Relations between the Actors -- 5.5 Divine Changeability and Shifts in Time -- 6 Between Anger and Harmony: An Interpretation of Jeremiah 31:15-22 -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 A Voice Was Heard in Ramah -- 6.2.1 The Quotation in Matthew -- 6.2.2 The Literary Structure of Jeremiah 31:15-17 -- 6.2.3 A Conceptual Comparison between Jer. 31:15-17 and Mt. 2:18 -- 6.2.4 Conclusion -- 6.3 Human Repentance and Divine Compassion -- 6.3.1 Text and Translation of Jer. 31:18-20 -- 6.3.2 Compositional and Stylistic Observations -- 6.3.3 YHWH Hears Ephraim's Complaint -- 6.3.4 Ephraim's Complaint and Change -- 6.3.5 YHWH's Compassionate Reaction -- 6.4 The Woman shall encompass the Man -- 6.4.1 Text and Translation -- 6.4.2 Imperatives to Return -- 6.4.3 Ketîb-Qerê and the Return of the Divine Glory -- 6.4.4 An Enigmatic Motivation -- 6.5 The Conceptual Coherence of Jeremiah 31:15-22 -- 7 Sour Fruit and Blunt Teeth: The Metaphorical Meaning of the māšāl in Jeremiah 31:29 -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Tragic Fatalism versus Personal Responsibility -- 7.3 The Context of the Saying -- 7.4 The Interpretation of the New Saying -- 8 Covenant and Creation: An Interpretation of Jeremiah 31:31-37 -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Text of Jeremiah 31:31-34 -- 8.2.1 Translation -- 8.2.2 Textual Remarks -- 8.2.3 Syntactical Analysis -- 8.2.4 Stylistic Remarks -- 8.2.5 Text-internal Chronology -- 8.2.6 On Dating Texts -- 8.2.7 The Text-external Chronology of Jer. 31:31-34 -- 8.2.8 New Hope -- 8.3 The Reliability of Reality -- 8.3.1 Jeremiah 31:35-37: Translation and Textual Remarks -- 8.3.2 Conservatio Creationis -- 8.3.3 Time and Space: Divine Construction and Threatened Reality -- 8.3.4 Adynata -- 8.3.5 The Reliability of Reality -- 8.4 Covenant and Cosmos-Reliability and Relationship-The Conceptual Coherence of Jer. 31:31-37.

8.4.1 History as the Ground of Being -- 8.4.2 Creation as the Ground of Being -- 9 Is the Conceptual Coherence of Jeremiah 30-31 Based on an 'Exodus-Theology'? -- 9.1 The Conceptual Coherence of Jeremiah 30-31: A Few Remarks -- 9.1.1 Twofold Transformation -- 9.1.2 Sin and Sorrow: The First Transformation -- 9.1.3 Return and New Relationship -- 9.1.4 Divine Changeability -- 9.2 Exodus Theology? -- 9.2.1 Van der Wal's Thesis -- 9.2.2 Analysis of Van der Wal's Position -- 9.2.3 Conclusion -- 10 Overwhelming Wisdom, Divine Battle and New Life: The Symbol System of Jeremiah 30-31 -- 10.1 Reading a Text Theologically -- 10.2 Overwhelming Wisdom -- 10.2.1 Cosmic Law -- 10.2.2 Law to Live With -- 10.3 Divine Battle -- 10.3.1 Cosmic Battle -- 10.3.2 God's Royal and Loyal Power -- 10.4 New Life -- 10.4.1 The Secret of Life -- 10.4.2 Daily Life -- 10.5 The Conceptual Coherence of Jeremiah 30-31 -- 10.5.1 Restoration and Return -- 10.5.2 Relation between Theme and Tripartite Theology -- 10.5.3 Text in Context (Short) -- 10.5.4 The Distortion of the Economy of Guilt -- Bibliography -- Index -- OUDTESTAMENTISCHE STUDIËN.