Jeremiah 48 as Christian Scripture (Heftet (myke permer))

"All Scripture is God-breathed" and yet some parts seem rather less God-breathed than one might imagine, or even like. The prophecy concerning Moab in Jeremiah 48 is one such text, since it appears to equate the Lord's work with bloodshed and curses those who withhold their swords. How, if at all, might such a passage inform the Christian community of faith? In this sophisticated study Julie Woods identifies some salient features of Jeremiah's Moab oracle by means of a careful analysis and comparison of both the Septuagint and the Masoretic Text of Jeremiah 48. She also explores the implications of links between the Moab oracles in Jeremiah 48 and Isaiah 15-16. The focus then moves to theological hermeneutics via an examination of some recent Christian interpretations of the oracle (from Walter Brueggemann, Ronald Clements, Terence Fretheim, Douglas Jones, and Patrick Miller). Building on the observations of these scholars and the conclusions reached from her own textual analyses, Woods provides an innovative Christian reading of the oracle (including two imaginative film scripts to bring the text to life).Perhaps one of the more surprising proposals is that Easter is the ultimate horizon of Jeremiah 48.

List of Tables; Foreword by Walter Moberly; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; An Overview of the Field of Jeremiah's Oracles Against the Nations; A Comparison of Jeremiah's Oracle Concerning Moab in MT (ch. 48) and LXX (ch. 31); Jeremiah 48 in the Light of Isaiah 15-16; An Analysis of Fretheim's, Miller's, and Brueggemann's Readings of Jeremiah 48; An Analysis of Jones' and Clements's Readings of Jeremiah 48; The Curious Curse in Jeremiah 48:10; A Christian Reading of Jeremiah 48; Literary Storyboard of the Film of Jeremiah 48 (6th century context); Literary Storyboard of the Film of Jeremiah 48 (with a Christian Frame of Reference); Conclusion; Bibliography; Scripture Index; General Index.