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Returning from the Abyss: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah

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ISBN
9780664266868

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Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN-10
066426686X
ISBN-13
9780664266868
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050416514

Product Key Features

Book Title
Returning from the Abyss : Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah
Number of Pages
170 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Biblical Studies / Prophecy, Biblical Meditations / Old Testament, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Christian Education / Adult
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Religion
Author
Walter Brueggemann
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-060162
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"As a preacher, I am grateful to Walter Brueggemann for this powerful, accessible,and inspiring Bible study and for reminding me of what it means to be aprophet. Living in an age of pandemic, political polarization, andenvironmental disaster has made it more challenging than ever to stand before acongregation and offer a word from the Lord. Thank you, Dr. Brueggemann, forbringing us a fresh perspective." -Rev. Dr. Carol T. Cavin-Dillon , Senior Pastor, West End United MethodistChurch
Dewey Decimal
224.206
Synopsis
The Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament series helps readers see Scripture with new eyes, highlighting short, key texts--pivotal moments--that shift our expectations and invite us to turn toward another reality transformed by God's purposes and action. The book of Jeremiah tells the story of a prophetic mission that seems doomed to fail. God instructs Jeremiah to call to account a people who refuse to turn from their unfaithfulness until it is too late, and they encounter destruction at the hands of the Babylonians. Yet underlying the themes of warning and judgment is a steady refrain: God's desire to draw God's people back into covenant, even when things seem past the point of no return. What lessons can contemporary readers draw from the narrative of a stubborn people who cling to their exploitative ways and a God who, even so, relentlessly pursues them? In Returning from the Abyss , Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and literary context of the book of Jeremiah to illuminate the dual themes of Israel's long walk into, and out of, the trauma and devastation of exile. Throughout, Brueggemann points out the role of the prophet in overturning a people's illusory sense of security in unjust structures that are not of God and leading those same people toward the hope of restoration and return. He also highlights the persistent themes of empire, self-sufficiency, and withholding from neighbor that inform the narratives of both Israel and "American exceptionalism" and examines how the holiness of God is at work in untamed historical processes that point us toward a costly hope for a just economic and political future., In Returning from the Abyss, Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and literary context of the book of Jeremiah, drawing out pivotal moments in the text to illuminate the dual themes of Israel's long walk into, and out of, the trauma and devastation of exile., The Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament series helps readers see Scripture with new eyes, highlighting short, key texts--pivotal moments--that shift our expectations and invite us to turn toward another reality transformed by God's purposes and action. The book of Jeremiah tells the story of a prophetic mission that seems doomed to fail. God instructs Jeremiah to call to account a people who refuse to turn from their unfaithfulness until it is too late, and they encounter destruction at the hands of the Babylonians. Yet underlying the themes of warning and judgment is a steady refrain: God's desire to draw God's people back into covenant, even when things seem past the point of no return. What lessons can contemporary readers draw from the narrative of a stubborn people who cling to their exploitative ways and a God who, even so, relentlessly pursues them? In Returning from the Abyss, Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and literary context of the book of Jeremiah to illuminate the dual themes of Israel's long walk into, and out of, the trauma and devastation of exile. Throughout, Brueggemann points out the role of the prophet in overturning a people's illusory sense of security in unjust structures that are not of God and leading those same people toward the hope of restoration and return. He also highlights the persistent themes of empire, self-sufficiency, and withholding from neighbor that inform the narratives of both Israel and "American exceptionalism" and examines how the holiness of God is at work in untamed historical processes that point us toward a costly hope for a just economic and political future.
LC Classification Number
BS1525.52.B787 2022

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