The Confessions of Jeremiah in Context: Scenes of Prophetic Drama (Jsot Supplement Series, 45)

The'Confessions'of Jeremiah have generally been interpreted as isolated poems interspersed among prophetic oracles. This book endeavours to read the Confessions in their present literary context. Diamond argues persuasively that the more the Confessions are isolated from their setting in the book of Jeremiah, the more opaque and indeterminate readings of them become. When they are allowed to function in the context determined for them by the editors of Jeremiah, they promote the editorial valuation of the prophet's mission-Israel's opposition to Jeremiah becomes the ground for a theodicy explaining the national disaster. Restoring the Confessions to their context in the book finally enables the author to demonstrate that chapters 11-20 form an integrated literary complex. The Confessions of Jeremiah in Context: Scenes of Prophetic Drama......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 10 Historical Development of the Problem......Page 12 Current Approaches......Page 14 Aim of the Present Study......Page 17 PART I: DRAMATIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN PROPHET AND GOD......Page 20 1. 11.18-23......Page 22 2. 12.1-6......Page 37 3. 15.10-14......Page 53 4. 15.15-21......Page 66 5. 17.14-18......Page 80 6. 18.18-23......Page 89 7. 20.7-13......Page 102 8. 20.14-18......Page 115 9. Summary of Exegetical Section: Overall Results and Intermediate Observations......Page 123 Significant Sequentiality by Rearrangement......Page 128 Significant Sequentiality Without Rearrangement......Page 131 Progression in Two Cycles......Page 136 Implications and Problems......Page 145 PART II: DRAMATIC DIALOGUE—PROPHET AND GOD VERSUS ISRAEL......Page 148 Introduction......Page 150 11-13: Overview of Units......Page 151 11.18-12.6: Compositional Function......Page 152 Summary......Page 158 14-17: Overview of Units......Page 159 15.10-21; 17.14-18: Compositional Function......Page 161 Summary......Page 170 18-20: Overview of Units......Page 171 18.18-23 and 20.7-18: Compositional Function......Page 172 Summary......Page 176 The Validity of the Double-Axis Schema......Page 178 The Double-Axis Pattern and the Theodicy Theme......Page 182 Conclusion......Page 188 Summary and Concluding Postscript......Page 190 Notes to Introduction......Page 194 Notes to Chapter 1.1......Page 198 Notes to Chapter 1.2......Page 209 Notes to Chapter 1.3......Page 219 Notes to Chapter 1.4......Page 231 Notes to Chapter 1.5......Page 240 Notes to Chapter 1.6......Page 245 Notes to Chapter 1.7......Page 251 Notes to Chapter 1.8......Page 259 Notes to Chapter 2......Page 263 Notes to Chapter 3.1......Page 268 Notes to Chapter 3.2......Page 271 Notes to Chapter 3.3......Page 276 Notes to Chapter 4......Page 280 Bibliography......Page 284 Index of Biblical References......Page 294 G......Page 307 R......Page 308 Z......Page 309 Back Matter......Page 310 Part I: Dramatic Dialogue Between Prophet And God -- Exegesis Of The Individual Confessions -- The Inter-relationship Of The Confessions: The Significance Of Their Present Literary Sequence -- Part Ii: Dramatic Dialogue -- Prophet And God Versus Israel -- The Compositional Function Of The Confessions In Their Immediate Literary Context -- Synthesis: 11-20 As An Integrated Literary Whole -- Summary And Concluding Postscript. A.r. Diamond. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.