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book7th-6th century BCE

Book of Jeremiah

Disciplines:
theology
religion/prophecy

Summary

The prophetic book recording the oracles and biography of Jeremiah — the 'weeping prophet' who warned Judah of Babylonian destruction, witnessed the fall of Jerusalem, and meditated on the anguish of prophetic calling.

Core Contribution

The new covenant: Jeremiah's promise that God will make a covenant written on the heart rather than on stone tablets — one of the most important passages in the Hebrew Bible and a foundation of Christian theology. The confessions of Jeremiah: personal laments of extraordinary psychological depth about the burden of prophetic calling. Historical narrative of the fall of Jerusalem (587 BCE). The consolation of the 70 years: a promised end to exile.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • The confessions of Jeremiah — in which the prophet rails against God for compelling him to speak — are among the most psychologically raw texts in ancient literature: 'You deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed.'

Historical Influences

Hosea Deuteronomy

Intellectual Lineage

Hebrew ProphecyDeuteronomistic Tradition

Allied Works

Lamentations Book of Ezekiel Isaiah

Contemporaries & Peers

Book of LamentationsBook of Ezekiel

Minds Influenced

New Testament Christian Covenant Theology

Intellectual Posterity

New Covenant Theology Christian Theology Lamentation Literature

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