OT025-812 - Jeremiah (Hebrew)

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

LA004-612

Corequisites

OT002-512, OT002-712 or OT003-512, OT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT638. Unit exclusions: OT024-612, OT024-712, OT024-812, OT014-612, OT014-712, OT014-812/OT015-508, OT015-612, OT015-712, OT015-812 if the Jeremiah option has been taken.

Set Text Hebrew

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses, and the original language set text requirement of the Master of Divinity.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

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

B. Be able to

1. Examine the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding Jeremiah

2. Evaluate alternative interpretations of the themes and theological teachings of Jeremiah

3. Translate and Exegete selected chapters of the Hebrew 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. Translation and exegesis of the Hebrew text of Jeremiah 1, 6–7, 20, 30–31 (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).