Suffering and the prophetic vocation
The ~self-disclosures~ in Jeremiah, including not only the so-called ~confessions~ but also other first person material which seems to express the prophet's inner feelings, are examined in a detailed, exegetical fashion with careful attention to-both the ancient versions and the subsequent history of exegesis. Special attention is given to the works of Rashi and Kimchi. Three basic questions are asked: 1) What do the ~self-disclosures~ represent? 2) To what degree can the ~self-disclosures~ be said to portray the historical Jeremiah? 3) Why are the ~self-disclosures~ included in the corpus of Jeremianic literature? These questions are approached by examining the relevant passages against the backdrop of the prophetic orthodoxy of the late 7th century B. C., which is seen to consist of commonly held notions of the role, message, and perhaps even temperament of the prophet within the current socio-religious framework. This orthodoxy is viewed as having initially defined Jeremiah's understanding of the prophetic office. But in the ~self-disclosures~ Jeremiah wrestles with the other side of his experience as a prophet, the painful and mysterious side, and attempts to forge a new understanding of the prophetic
Hayner, Stephen Allen
BS1525.2H2 ; Bible. O.T. Jeremiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. O.T. Jeremiah--Language, Style ; Jeremiah (Biblical prophet)
Suffering and the prophetic vocation. The ~self-disclosures~ in Jeremiah, including not only the so-called ~confessions~ but also other first person material which seems to express the prophet's inner feelings, are examined in a detailed, exegetical fashion with careful attention to-both the ancient versions and the subsequent history of exegesis. Special attention is given to the works of Rashi and Kimchi. Three basic questions are asked: 1) What do the ~self-disclosures~ represent? 2) To what degree can the ~self-disclosures~ be said to portray the historical Jeremiah? 3) Why are the ~self-disclosures~ included in the corpus of Jeremianic literature? These questions are approached by examining the relevant passages against the backdrop of the prophetic orthodoxy of the late 7th century B. C., which is seen to consist of commonly held notions of the role, message, and perhaps even temperament of the prophet within the current socio-religious framework. This orthodoxy is viewed as having initially defined Jeremiah's understanding of the prophetic office. But in the ~self-disclosures~ Jeremiah wrestles with the other side of his experience as a prophet, the painful and mysterious side, and attempts to forge a new understanding of the prophetic
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