Jeremiah’s Scriptures: Production, Reception, Interaction, and Transformation (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 173) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004320245 ISBN 13: 9789004320246

Publisher: Brill, 2016

Synopsis

Jeremiah’s Scriptures focuses on the composition of the biblical book of Jeremiah and its dynamic afterlife in ancient Jewish traditions. Jeremiah is an interpretive text that grew over centuries by means of extensive redactional activities on the part of its tradents. In addition to the books within the book of Jeremiah, other books associated with Jeremiah or Baruch were also generated. All the aforementioned texts constitute what we call “Jeremiah's Scriptures.” The papers and responses collected here approach Jeremiah’s scriptures from a variety of perspectives in biblical and ancient Jewish sub-fields. One of the authors' goals is to challenge the current fragmentation of the fields of theology, biblical studies, ancient Judaism. This volume focuses on Jeremiah and his legacy.

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About the Author

Hindy Najman, Ph.D. (1998), Harvard University, is the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. She has published monographs and numerous articles on biblical interpretation, history of scholarship and revelation, including Losing the Temple and Recovering the Future: An Analysis of 4Ezra (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Konrad Schmid, Ph.D. (1995), University of Zurich, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at that university. He has published Buchgestalten des Jeremiabuches (WMANT 72; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1996) and he is working on a commentary on the book of Jeremiah.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004320245
• ISBN 13: 9789004320246
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 646
• Editor: Najman Hindy, Schmid Konrad