Table of Contents
Editors' Foreword 11
Author's Preface 13
Abbreviations 16
Map of the Ancient Near East 17
Introduction to Jeremiah 26-52 19
The Formation of Jeremiah 26-52 21
Redactional Theories 25
Oracles Concerning the Nations 34
Further Methodological Observations 36
Themes and Structural Foci in Jeremiah 26-52 41
Retributive Justice 41
A Community Divided 42
Structural Signs of Textual Resilience 44
Feminist Commentary 45
Feminist Convictions 48
Feminist Hermeneutics 51
Translation Practices 66
Commentary in a Postcolonial Key 75
Subalterns mimic their oppressors 81
Subaltern hope interrupts imperial domination 84
Jeremiah 26: Incendiary Words of Destruction 87
Overview 87
Translation 89
Interpretation 91
Diachronic Analysis 91
Synchronic Analysis 98
Integrative Reading 104
Jeremiah 27-29: The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar 107
Overview 107
Translation 108
Interpretation 114
Diachronic Analysis 114
Synchronic Analysis 127
Integrative Reading 137
Jeremiah 30-31: Radical Words of Consolation 144
Overview 144
Translation 147
Notes on the Text and Translation 154
Interpretation 156
Diachronic Analysis 156
Synchronic Analysis 160
Integrative Reading 178
Jeremiah 32-34: Land Claimed in Hope and Abjection 188
Overview 188
Translation 189
Interpretation 196
Diachronic Analysis 196
Synchronic Analysis 205
Integrative Reading 213
Jeremiah 35-36: Enduring Tradition, Indelible Word 219
Overview 219
Translation 220
Interpretation 224
Diachronic Analysis 224
Synchronic Analysis 230
Integrative Reading 237
Jeremiah 37-39: Sedition, Siege, and Survival 243
Overview 243
Translation 244
Interpretation 249
Diachronic Analysis 249
Synchronic Analysis 261
Integrative Reading 267
Jeremiah 40-45: Resistance and Resilience 271
Overview 271
Translation 272
Interpretation 280
Diachronic Analysis 280
Synchronic Analysis 290
Integrative Reading 301
Jeremiah 46-47: Oracles about Egypt and Philistia 314
Overview 314
Translation 318
Interpretation 323
Diachronic Analysis 323
Synchronic Analysis 329
Integrative Reading 336
Jeremiah 48-49: Oracles about Moab and Other Adversaries 339
Overview 339
Translation 341
Interpretation 353
Diachronic Analysis 353
Synchronic Analysis 367
Integrative Reading 379
Jeremiah 50-51: Oracles about Babylon 383
Overview 383
Translation 385
Interpretation 399
Diachronic Analysis 399
Synchronic Analysis 404
Integrative Reading 419
Jeremiah 52: The Ruination of Jerusalem 423
Overview 423
Translation 424
Interpretation 426
Diachronic Analysis 426
Synchronic Analysis 437
Integrative Reading 441
Bibliography 446
Indexes 455
Index of Biblical Citations 455
Hebrew Scriptures 455
Apocrypha 463
Pseudepigrapha 463
New Testament 463
Index of Key Terms 464
Plan of volumes 471
