OTT: The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah

The present study focuses on the theology of the Book of Jeremiah. That
theology revolves around themes familiar from Israel's covenantal faith,
especially the sovereignty of YHWH expressed in judgment and promise. The
outcome of this theological nexus of context, person, and tradition is a book
that moves into the abyss and out of the abyss in unexpected ways. It does so,
in part, by asserting that God continues to be generatively and disturbingly
operative in the affairs of the world, up to and including our contemporary
abysses (such as 9/11). The God attested in the Book of Jeremiah invites its
readers into and through any and all such dislocations to new futures that
combine divine agency and human inventiveness rooted in
faithfulness.
Brueggemann's study of Jeremiah fits perfectly in this promising series. " Writing with characteristic passion and lucidity, Brueggemann boldly approaches
Jeremiah with deep prophetic conviction himself. His treatment leads the reader
through the scholarly debates into the ancient world of exile to our world of
shoah and terror, and in the process mines Jeremiah for all its theological
worth. - William P. Brown"
Series: OldTestament Theology.
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