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Jeremiah : A Commentary

By Leslie C. Allen

Book information

Publisher
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
Year
2008
ISBN
9781611644920, 9780664222239
LCC
BS1525.53 -- .A45 2008eb
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1459392 bytes)
Series
The Old Testament Library
Pages
578\0
Time added
2023-08-13 21:23:52
Bible. -- Jeremiah -- Commentaries.; REL006060; RE

Description

This book of Jeremiah offers a remarkable range of literature, including prose, poetry, homilies, oracles, and proverbs. This commentary understands the book as a work of religious literature, to be examined in its final form and yet with careful attention to the historical contexts of writing and development through which the present text took shape. Jeremiah proclaimed a message of coming judgment, because of the people's unfaithful worship, and yet also emphasized the call to know Yahweh and to live as God's faithful people. Through it all, Allen identifies a tragectory of grace, in which the proclamations of doom can be understood within the context of promises for a renewed future. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

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