OT024-712 - Jeremiah (English)

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6; OT002-512, OT002-712 or OT003-512, OT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT428. Unit exclusions: OT025-612, OT025-712, OT025-812, OT014-512/OT015-508 if the Jeremiah option has been taken.

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of the contents, themes and character of book of Jeremiah in the English text

B. Be able to

1. Critically Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding Jeremiah

2. Discuss various perspectives regarding the themes and theological teachings of Jeremiah

3. Exegete selected chapters of the English text of Jeremiah

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of Jeremiah to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

  1. The theology of the book of Jeremiah, including such motifs as covenant, the “confessions”, temple, kingship, the nations, judgment and hope, and true and false prophecy.
  2. Exegesis of the English text of Jeremiah 1, 6–7, 15–20, 28–33 (or comparable passages)

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Recommended:

Diamond, A. R., K. M. O’Connor and L. Stulman (eds), Troubling Jeremiah (Sheffield: SAP, 1999).

Goldingay, J. (ed.), Uprooting and Planting (London: T. & T. Clark, 2007).

Kessler, M. (ed.), Reading the Book of Jeremiah (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2004).

Lalleman-de Winkel, H., Jeremiah in Prophetic Tradition (Leuven: Peeters, 2000).

Lundbom, J., Jeremiah: A Study in Ancient Hebrew Rhetoric (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1997).

McConville, J. G., Judgment and Promise: An interpretation of the book of Jeremiah (Leicester; Winona Lake: Apollos; Eisenbrauns, 1993).

 

Classics:

Carroll, R. P., Jeremiah (Sheffield: JSOT, 1989).

Diamond, A. R., The Confessions of Jeremiah in Context (Sheffield: JSOT, 1987).

O’Connor, K. M., The Confessions of Jeremiah: Their Interpretation and Role in Chapters 1–25 (Atlanta: Scholars, 1988).

 

Commentaries:

Bracke, J. M., Jeremiah 1-29 (Louisville: WJK, 2000).

Brueggemann, W., A Commentary of Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).

Carroll, R. P., Jeremiah (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986).

Clements, R. E., Jeremiah (Atlanta: John Knox, 1988).

Craigie, P. C., P. H. Kelley & J. F. Drinkard Jr., Jeremiah 1–25 (Dallas, TX: Word, 1991).

Fretheim, T. E., Jeremiah (Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2002).

Holladay, W. L., Jeremiah 1 and 2 (Philadelphia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1986 and 1989).

Huey, F. B. Jr., Jeremiah, Lamentations (Nashville: Broadman, 1993).

Jones, D. R., Jeremiah (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992; repr Sheffield: SAP, 1997).

Keown, G. L., P. J. Saclise and T. G. Smothers, Jeremiah 26–52 (Waco, TX: Word, 1995).

Lundbom, J. R., Jeremiah 1–20 , 21–36, 37–52 (New York: Doubleday, 1999–2004).

Miller, P. D., “Jeremiah” in The New Interpreter’s Bible (Vol. VI; Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).