Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1

• The Superscription (Jer. 1:1–3) - section 1 of Tremper Longman III, Jeremiah, Lamentations (New International Bible Commentary—Old Testament; Hendrickson, 2008)

Jeremiah 3

• Notes on Some Difficulties of Old Testament Translation - by G. Ch. Aalders, The Bible Translator 1 (1950) 9–15

Jeremiah 4

• Tsunami, Hurricane, and Jeremiah 4:23–28 - by Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Summer 2007)

Jeremiah 7

• “A people, a name, a praise, and a glory”: True and False Faith in Jeremiah - by Edwin Searcy, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 333–339

Jeremiah 8

• “A people, a name, a praise, and a glory”: True and False Faith in Jeremiah - by Edwin Searcy, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 333–339

Jeremiah 10

• “A people, a name, a praise, and a glory”: True and False Faith in Jeremiah - by Edwin Searcy, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 333–339

Jeremiah 11

• Notes on Some Difficulties of Old Testament Translation - by G. Ch. Aalders, The Bible Translator 1 (1950) 9–15

Jeremiah 13

• “A people, a name, a praise, and a glory”: True and False Faith in Jeremiah - by Edwin Searcy, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 333–339
• The Monstrous-Feminine in the Book of Jeremiah - by Amy Kalmanofsky, lectio dificilior 1/2009

Jeremiah 20

• Caught in the Middle: Jeremiah’s Vocational Crisis - by Terence E. Fretheim, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 351–360
• Form, Occasion and Redaction in Jeremiah 20 - by David J. A. Clines and David M. Gunn, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967–1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 263–84
• 'You tried to persuade me' and 'Violence! Outrage!' in Jeremiah 20.7–8 - by David J. A. Clines and David M. Gunn, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967–1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 285–92

Jeremiah 25

• Jeremiah's 70-Year Prophecy and the ששך/לב קמי Atbash Codes - by Mark Leuchter, Biblica 85 (2004) 503–522

Jeremiah 28

• “A people, a name, a praise, and a glory”: True and False Faith in Jeremiah - by Edwin Searcy, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 333–339

Jeremiah 29

• Biblical Theology and the Culture War - by David Van Drunen, Kerux 11.1 (1996)
• Home as Memory, Metaphor, and Promise in Asian/Pacific American Religious Experience, Semeia 90–91 (2002) 87–104

Jeremiah 30–33

• Jeremiah's Little Book of Comfort - by David Steele, Theology Today 42.4 (1986)

Jeremiah 31

• A Woman Will ‘Encompass’ a Man: On Gender Reversal in Jer 31,22b - by P. A. Kruger, Biblica 89.3 (2008) 380–388
• Rachel on the Way: A Model of Faith in Times of Transition - by Fred Strickert, Currents in Theology and Mission (December 2007)

Jeremiah 32

• La cohérence interne de la liste des fautes du peuple en Jr 32/29–35 - by Elena di Pede, Études Théologiques et Religieuses 2004.2

Jeremiah 34

• A Freedom That Is No Freedom: Jeremiah 34 and the Sabbatical Principle - by Rolf A. Jacobson, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 396–405

Jeremiah 35

• 'Eingehalten worden sind die Worte Jehonadabs'. Zur Interpretation von Jer 35,14 - by Herbert Migsch, Biblica 82 (2001) 385–401

Jeremiah 41

• Jeremiah 41 and the Ammonite Alliance - by Russell Hobson, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 10.6 (2010)

Jeremiah 51

• Jeremiah's 70-Year Prophecy and the ששך/לב קמי Atbash Codes - by Mark Leuchter, Biblica 85 (2004) 503–522

Jeremiah 52

• Jeremia 52 - ein Schlüssel zum Jeremiabuch - by Georg Fischer, Biblica 79 (1998) 333–349
• When Was the First Temple Destroyed, According to the Bible? - by Michael Avioz, Biblica 84 (2003) 562–565

Bibliography

• Jeremiah Bibliography - compiled by Victor H. Matthews, Southwest Missouri State University

Characterization

• Jeremiah
  • Characterizing Jeremiah - by Pauline A. Viviano, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 362–368

Composition

• On Scroll-Making in Ancient Jerusalem - by Walter Brueggemann, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Spring 2003)
• Text and Redaction in Jeremiah's Oracles against the Nations - by James W. Watts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1992) 432–47

Gender Issues

• Death, Grief, Agony, and a New Creation: Re-reading Gender in Jeremiah after September 11 - by Angela Bauer, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 387–386

Hermeneutical/Interpretive Approaches

• “Prophet to the Nations”: Missional Reflections on the Book of Jeremiah - by Chris Wright, Encounters 29 (June 2009)

History of Interpretation and Reception

• The Prophet Jeremiah, Aung San Suu Kyi, and U2’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind: On Listening to Bono’s Jeremiad - by Michael J. Gilmour, Journal of Religion & Society 5 (2003)

Homiletics

• Preaching from Jeremiah: Challenges and Opportunities - by Daniel J. Simundson, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 423–432

Introduction

• From the Fall of Nineveh to the Fall of Judah - chapter 20 of Gerald A. Larue, Old Testament Life and Literature (1968)
• Meditation upon the Abyss: The Book of Jeremiah - by Walter Brueggemann, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 340–350

Inner-Biblical Connections

• Indications of Jeremiah’s Psalter - by William L. Holladay, Journal of Biblical Literature 121 (2002) 245–261
• The “Fall of Babylon” Motif in the Books of Jeremiah and Revelation - by Kenneth Mulzac, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 8.1–2 (1997) 137–149

Lament

• Job and Jeremiah: Understanding the Divine Moral Order through Lament and Response - by Nicholas May, Journal of Biblical Studies 3.1 (2003)
• Rachel’s Lament - by Frederick A. Niedner, Jr., Word & World 22.4 (2002) 406–414
• The Way of Weeping: Reading the Path of Grief in Jeremiah - by Pamela J. Scalise, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 415–422

Texts and Versions

• The Difference Differences Can Make: What Variations Among Manuscripts Can Tell Us - unsigned article in The Folio 3.1–2 (1983) 1–3

Thematic Articles and Essays

• Justice in the Book of Jeremiah - by John M. Bracke, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 387–395
• Surviving Disaster in the Book of Jeremiah - by Kathleen M. O’Connor, Word & World 22.4 (2002) 369–377
• The “Fall of Babylon” Motif in the Books of Jeremiah and Revelation - by Kenneth Mulzac, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 8.1–2 (1997) 137–149

Book Reviews

• Brueggemann, Walter, A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming (Eerdmans, 1998) - reviewed by John F. Craghan, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Fall 1999)
• Brueggemann, Walter, Like Fire in the Bones: Listening to the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah (Fortress, 2006) - reviewed by Else K. Holt, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2008)
• Brueggemann, Walter, The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  • Reviewed by Amy Gohdes-Luhman, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2008)
  • Reviewed by Carolyn J. Sharp, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Dempsey, Carol, Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth (Liturgical Press, 2007)
  • Reviewed by Mitchel Modine, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
  • Reviewed by Carolyn J. Sharp, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Friebel, Kelvin G., Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical Nonverbal Communication (Sheffield, 1999) - reviewed by Julie Galambush, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Goldingay, John, ed., Uprooting and Planting: Essays on Jeremiah for Leslie Allen (T&T Clark, 2007) - reviewed by Wilhelm Wessels, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Hill, John, Friend or Foe? The Figure of Babylon in the Book of Jeremiah MT (Brill, 1999) - reviewed by Alice Ogden Bellis, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Huwyler, Beat. Jeremia und die Völker: Untersuchungen zu den Völkersprüchen in Jeremia 46–49 (Mohr Siebeck, 1997) - reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Jindo, Job Y., Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1–24 (Eisenbrauns, 2010) - reviewed by Colin Toffelmire, Review of Biblical Literature (2011)
• Joo, Samantha, Provocation and Punishment: The Anger of God in the Book of Jeremiah and Deuteronomistic Theology (de Gruyter, 2006) - reviewed by Mark Leuchter, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Kessler, Martin, The Battle of the Gods: The God of Israel Versus Marduk of Babylon: A Literary/Theological Interpretation of Jeremiah 50–51 (Van Gorcum, 2003)
  • Reviewed by Alice Ogden Bellis, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Mark Edward Biddle, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Kessler, Martin, ed., Reading the Book of Jeremiah: A Search for Coherence (Eisenbrauns, 2004)
  • Reviewed by David Glatt-Gilad, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Else Holt, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Lundbom, Jack R., Jeremiah 1–20: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Vol. 1 (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 1999) - reviewed by Mark W. Bartusch, Currents in Theology and Mission (October 2004)
• Lundbom, Jack R., Jeremiah 21–36 (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 2004) - reviewed by Carolyn J. Sharp, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Lundbom, Jack R., Jeremiah 37–52 (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 2004) - reviewed by John Engle, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• McKane, William, Jeremiah, Volume II (ICC; Clark, 1996) - reviewed by Pauline A. Viviano, Anglican Theological Review (Summer 1998)
• McKeating, Henry, The Book of Jeremiah (Epworth, 1999) - reviewed by Lisbeth S. Fried, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Mills, Mary E., Alterity, Pain, and Suffering in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel (T&T Clark, 2007) - reviewed by Hallvard Hagelia, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Parke-Taylor, Geoffrey H., The Formation of the Book of Jeremiah: Doublets and Recurring Phrases (SBL, 2000) - reviewed by Roy D. Wells, Review of Biblical Literature (2001)
• Person, Raymond F., The Kings-Isaiah and Kings-Jeremiah Recensions (de Gruyter, 1997) - reviewed by Hermann-Josef Stipp, TC 3 (1998)
• Plant, R. J. R., Good Figs, Bad Figs: Judicial Differentiation in the Book of Jeremiah (Clark, 2008)
  • Reviewed by C. A. Strine, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
  • Reviewed by Mark Brummitt, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Roncace, Mark, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem (T&T Clark, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Bob Becking, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
  • Reviewed by Lester Grabbe, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Schenker, Adrian, Das Neue am neuen Bund und das Alte am alten. Jer 31 in der hebräischen und griechischen Bibel (FRLANT 212; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006) - reviewed by Thomas Hieke, TC 12 (2007)
• Sharp, Carolyn J., Prophecy and Ideology in Jeremiah: Struggles for Authority in the Deutero-Jeremianic Prose (T&T Clark, 2003)
  • Reviewed by Kathleen Mary O’Connor, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by T. R. Hobbs, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Shields, Mary E., Circumscribing the Prostitute: The Rhetorics of Intertextuality, Metaphor and Gender in Jeremiah 3.1–4.4 (T&T Clark, 2004)
  • Reviewed by Louis Stulman, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
  • Reviewed by Mark Biddle, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Stulman, Louis, Jeremiah (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Abingdon, 2005) - reviewed by Carolyn Sharp, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Sweeney, Marvin A., King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel (Oxford, 2001) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (October 2004)