The Confessions Of Jeremiah

by O'Connor, Kathleen M.; Roberts, J. J. M.; Talbert, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781555400019
• ISBN10: 1555400019
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-01-30
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(6)
The First Confession: JER 11:18-12:6	7	(20)
Text-Critical Notes	8	(4)
The Problem of the Unity of the Confession	12	(1)
Proposed Solutions to the Problem of the Unity of the Confession	12	(3)
Rearrangements	13	(1)
Eliminations	13	(1)
Division of the Passage	14	(1)
The Literary Structure of Jeremiah 11:18-12:6	15	(9)
11:18-20 and 12:1-3	16	(1)
11:18-20	16	(1)
12:1-3	16	(2)
11:21-23	18	(1)
12:4-6	19	(1)
V 4	20	(1)
V 5	21	(1)
V 6	22	(2)
Form-Critical Analysis of Jeremiah 11:18-12:6	24	(2)
The Purpose of the Confession	26	(1)
The Second Confession: JER 15:10-21	27	(18)
Text-Critical Notes	28	(2)
The Major Critical Problem: The Relationship of Vv 12-14 to the Remainder of the Confession	30	(1)
Proposed Solutions to the Problem of Vv 12-14	31	(2)
V 12	31	(1)
Vv 13-14	32	(1)
The Relationship of Vv 12-14 to the Remainder of the Confession	33	(6)
Vv 10-11	33	(1)
V 12	34	(3)
Vv 13-14	37	(2)
The Integrity of the Confession	39	(2)
Form-Critical Description of the Confession	41	(1)
The Purpose of the Confession	42	(3)
The Third Confession: JER 17:14-18	45	(8)
Text-Critical Notes	46	(1)
The Critical Problem: Vv 12-13	46	(3)
Argument and Purpose of the Confession	49	(3)
Form-Critical Description of the Confession	52	(1)
The Fourth Confession: JER 18:18-23	53	(8)
Text-Critical Notes	54	(1)
Absence of Critical Problems	54	(1)
Literary and Structural Analysis of the Confession	55	(2)
The Poem	55	(1)
The Secondary Insertion: V 18	56	(1)
The Argument and Purpose of the Confession	57	(2)
Form-Critical Description of the Confession	59	(2)
The Fifth Confession: JER 20:7-13(18)	61	(20)
Text-Critical Notes	62	(2)
The Problem of the Unity of the Text	64	(2)
20:7-13: A Confession of Praise	66	(4)
Argument and Purpose of the Confession	70	(5)
20:14-18: The Cursing Poem	75	(6)
The Confessions as a Collections of Poems	81	(16)
The Scholarly Debate	81	(4)
The Purpose of the Confessions	85	(8)
Content of the Confessions	85	(1)
Jeremiah as Faithful	86	(1)
Yahweh as Originator	86	(1)
Yahweh's Replies	87	(1)
Rib Language of the Confessions	88	(5)
The Relationship of the Confessions to One Another	93	(2)
The Setting of the Confessions in the Prophet's Life	95	(2)
The Contributions of the Confessions and Their Relationship to Their Immediate Contexts	97	(18)
The Problem	97	(1)
The Scholarly Discussion: The Composition of the Book and the Location of the Confession	98	(3)
Chapters 1-25 and the Contribution of the Confessions	101	(3)
Rejection and Persecution of the Prophet	101	(2)
The Prophet's Requests for Vengeance	103	(1)
The Relationships of the Confessions to Their Immediate Literary Contexts	104	(11)
The Role of the Confessions in Cc 1-25	115	(34)
The Reasons for the Placement of the Confessions in cc 11-20	115	(32)
The Call Narrative	118	(5)
Cc 2-10: Jeremiah's Appeal to the Nation	123	(1)
Form-Critical Components	123	(1)
Thematic Components	123	(4)
Structural Arrangement	127	(1)
Cc 11-20: The Rejection and Triumph of the Prophetic Word	128	(1)
Form-Critical Components	128	(1)
New Thematic Components	129	(1)
New Structural Arrangement	130	(1)
Cc 11-12	131	(3)
C 13	134	(1)
Cc 14-16	135	(1)
14:1-15:4: The Drought	135	(2)
Cc 15-16: The End of Community Life	137	(2)
C 17: Where is the Word of Yahweh?	139	(4)
Cc 18-20	143	(3)
Cc 21-25: The Aftermath	146	(1)
Conclusions	147	(2)
Conclusions	149	(14)
The Composition of the Book	149	(8)
The Interpretation of the Confessions	157	(2)
Toward a Hermeneutic of the Confessions	159	(4)
Bibliography	163	(10)
Index	173