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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"jeremiah"”.
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The Political Activities of Jeremiah and the Pro-Babylonian Party
… limitation of space, this study focused only on Jeremiah. This prophet proved to be admirably suitable for such an undertaking, for he lived in such turbulent times that he was forced to exercise fully the prerogatives of his prophetic office and assume a flagrantly political role. It is apparent …
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Neologisms in LXX Jeremiah: Word Formation within the History of Greek
… value of neologisms in the LXX, with a focus on Jeremiah. It reviews past scholarship and methodological frameworks, distinguishing between “Hebrew-priority” and “Greek-priority” approaches. These orientations are shown to underlie distinct theories of LXX lexicography, yet they adhere to a …
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The Scribal Invention of False Prophecy of Salvation in the Book of Jeremiah
… “false prophecy of salvation” in the book of Jeremiah—long thought to be discernible particularly in the veritable treasure trove of elaborate speeches which the Jeremianic tradition imputes to Jeremiah’s rivals (Jer 6:14; 14:13, 15; 23:17, 25; 27:9, 14, 16; 28:2–4, 10–11; 29:8, 26–28; …
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The Remnant Motif in the Context of Judgment and Salvation in the Book of Jeremiah
… by investigating this motif in the book of Jeremiah, a task not fully attempted previously. This study pursues the motif within the main theological framework of judgment and salvation in the book. Five technical terms designating remnant are considered: <em>š<sup>כ</sup></em><em>r, plt, …
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Magical Rhetoric and Anti-Witchcraft Motifs in Jeremiah: A Comparative Analysis with the Mesopotamian Maqlû Ritual
… studies have investigated the rhetoric of Jeremiah from nearly every angle, yet despite meaningful progress, a notable lacuna remains: the ritualized rhetoric embedded in Jeremiah’s oracles of doom, particularly its connections to Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals, has received …
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"See and Read All These Words": the Concept of the Written in the Book of Jeremiah
<p>Unusually for the Hebrew Bible, the book of Jeremiah contains a high number of references to writers, writing, and the written word. Written during the exilic period, the book demonstrates a key moment in the ongoing integration of writing and the written word into ancient Israelite society. Yet …
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O Land, Land, Land! Images of Land in Jeremiah and in New Zealand Poetry: Ecological Readings from Aotearoa.
… the representations of Land in the book of Jeremiah, asking questions of the text’s contribution to the current state of environmental degradation, as well as assessing its potential to assist in alleviating the crisis. This primary analysis is supplemented by an exploration of the role …
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Zechariah: Select Problems and Allusive Solutions
… Zechariah 5:5-11 based largely on an allusion to Jeremiah 3, which provides a solution to the much-debated identification of the ephah and the woman sitting in it. Chapter 5 examines the prominent allusions of Zechariah 11. It demonstrates that Zechariah 11 regularly reverses the promises made by …
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The construction of shame in the Hebrew Bible: the prophetic contribution
… on the three major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel), because it is here that shame vocabulary is most prevalent. Shame is prominently discussed in the literature of psychology and anthropology. In the first chapter psychological explanations for the origins of the apparently …
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Social justice in the prophets
… The three prophets selected are Amos, Isaiah and Jeremiah, who each delivered this message in his own way. Social Justice is still the message relevant for today's world because it is only when we are just with each other that human dignity is respected.
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Thrown Voices : A Series of Dramatic Monologues, With a Discussion of the Genre
… featuring characters ranging from the prophet Jeremiah to a modern-day plastic surgeon, tied together by the theme of imaginatively filling in historical gaps and erasures with speakers in times of great political or cultural upheaval. Prefacing this collection of poems is a discussion of the …
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Graduate Recital, Viola
… (Unfinished) by Ernest Bloch, Lamentations of Jeremiah for Viola Solo by Milton Barnes, and Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 25 No. 4 by Paul Hindemith. Works by both male and female composers are presented, and a wide variety of compositional styles are represented, including works by Polish, …
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Explaining Ezekiel’s Enigmatic Muteness
… integrated prophets, such as Moses, Nathan, and Jeremiah, and especially with those claiming a speech problem, including Moses and Jeremiah. In chapter 4, I thoroughly examine Ezekiel’s muteness, including a broad look at his mute prophetic conditions and a passage-by-passage exegesis of the …
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William Peckitt’s Great West Window At Exeter Cathedral
… In 1764 he was contracted by the Dean of Exeter, Jeremiah Milles, to supply glass to complete the restoration of the Cathedral’s glazing and to make the new window, which has often been considered to be his masterpiece. Peckitt’s Great West Window is no longer extant (although portions of it have …
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The Benjamin Region and the Judahite 'State': A History of the Long Seventh Century B.C.E.
… redaction-critical analysis of Samuel-Kings and Jeremiah suggests that Judahite hegemonic claims never had a deep cultural or political penetration in the region before the Persian period. To use Gramscian terminology, Judahite rule was never political “common sense”, and the “spontaneous …
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The Race to Presidency: Toward Race and Citizenship in "A More Perfect Union"
During the 2008 election season, Reverend Jeremiah Wright condemned America to hell before a congregation of Black Americans. These remarks represented a larger tension about race in America. In March of 2008, Obama addressed a crowd of faithful followers at the Philadelphia Constitution Center. In …
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Resisting Consumption: Exploring Pathways of Resistance to the Assimilative Nature of the Canadian Education System through Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen
… instances of isolation felt by the protagonists Jeremiah and Gabriel in both Residential School and high school. Isolation creates feelings of inferiority, leaving them with the desire to fit within the dominant group. I also address instances in which the dominant nature of education can be …
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A relevance-theoretical and intertextual study of the wilderness motif in Hebrews, especially in Heb 12:1-17
… but also new exodus texts from Isaiah, Jeremiah and Haggai. Such a combination of intertexts suggests that Hebrews reflects a tradition that developed in later OT and Second Temple texts where Zion came to be seen as the goal of the exodus and conquest and this, in turn, explains both …
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