Theology of the Book of Jeremiah

Informationen zum Autor Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He has published widely on the Old Testament as well as contemporary hermeneutical reflections, including, from Cascade Books: David and His Theologian (2011), A Pathway of Interpretation (2008), Embracing the Transformation (2014), The Practice of Homefulness (2014), Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience (2011), Virus as a Summons to Faith (2020), A Wilderness Zone (2021), and Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair (2022). Klappentext This volume investigates the theological themes and issues of the Book of Jeremiah. Zusammenfassung The study focuses on the theology of the Book of Jeremiah. Theology revolves around themes familiar from Israel's covenantal faith. The God attested in the Book of Jeremiah invites its readers into and through any dislocations to new futures that combine divine agency and human inventiveness rooted in faithfulness. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Critical access to the Book of Jeremiah; 2. The theology of the Book of Jeremiah; 3. The place and function of the Book of Jeremiah within the Old Testament; 4. The continuing influence of the Book of Jeremiah.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Brueggemann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521606295
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60629-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Old Testament Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works