A commentary on Jeremiah : exile and homecoming

A commentary on Jeremiah : exile and homecoming / Walter Brueggemann.

"This widely praised expository commentary by Walter Brueggemann - one of the premier Old Testament scholars of our time - explores the historical and social milieu of Jeremiah and offers a theological interpretation of this central book of the Old Testament. In contrast to current approaches t...

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Main Author: Brueggemann, Walter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©1998.
Subjects:
Bible. > Jeremiah > Commentaries.
Commentaries.
Table of Contents:
  • The word through Jeremiah (1:1-19)
  • The wild vine (2:1-37)
  • Return to me (3:1--4:4)
  • Terror on every side (4:5--6:30)
  • Jeremiah's temple sermon (7:1--8:3)
  • No balm in Gilead (8:4--10:25)
  • The covenant broken (11:1-17)
  • A hard message to stubborn Jerusalem (11:18--20:18)
  • Judgment and hope (21:1--25:38)
  • Truth speaks to power (26:1--29:32)
  • "The book of comfort" (30:1--33:26)
  • A case study in fidelity (34:1--35:19)
  • The "Baruch document" (36:1--45:5)
  • The oracles against the nations (46:1--51:64)
  • An ending and a chance (52:1-34).

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