Jeremiah 1–20 (Anchor Yale Bible Commentary | AYBC)
Overview
Jeremiah, long considered one of the most colorful of the ancient Israelite prophets, comes to life in Jack R. Lundbom’s Jeremiah 1–20. From his boyhood call to prophecy in 627 BCE, which Jeremiah tried to refuse, to his scathing judgments against the sins and hypocrisy of the people of Israel, Jeremiah charged through life with passion and emotion. He saw his fellow Israelites abandon their one true God, and witnessed the predictable outcome of their disregard for God’s word—their tragic fall to the Babylonians.
The first book of a three-volume commentary on Jeremiah, Jack R. Lundbom’s eagerly awaited exegesis of this book investigates the opening 20 chapters of this Old Testament giant. With considerable skill and erudition, Lundbom leads modern readers through this prophet’s often mysterious oracles, judgments, and visions. He quickly dispels the notion that the life and words of a seventh-century BCE Israelite prophet can have no relevance for the contemporary reader. Clearly, Jeremiah was every bit as concerned as we are with issues like terrorism, hypocrisy, environmental pollution, and social justice.
This impressive work of scholarship, essential to any biblical studies curriculum, replaces John Bright’s landmark Anchor Yale Bible commentary on Jeremiah. Like its predecessor, Jeremiah 1–20 draws on the best biblical scholarship to further our understanding of the weeping prophet and his message to the world.
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- Offers original translations, including alternative translations, annotations, and variants
- Provides verse-by-verse commentary on the text
- Presents the reader with historical background, including analysis of authorship and dating
- Features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature
- Jeremiah, Prophet of Yahweh (1:1–19)
- People of a Forgotten Covenant (2:1–4:4)
- Covenant Curses for a Covenant People (4:5–10:25)
- A Prophet Persecuted, Rejected, and Cursed (11:1–20:18)
Top Highlights
“The present oracle ends as the Temple-Valley Oracle ends, with Yahweh saying that not only did he not command such things, or speak about them, he never even gave them a thought.” (Page 841)
“The point of the contrast here is that while the shrub in the desert may flower and give berries in normal times, when it becomes really hot, or there is a drought, the tree is in trouble, and may well die. The tree planted by water will, in normal times, be more leafy and green, but the real advantage it has over the desert shrub is that in times of heat it does not fear, because its roots have access to water that will keep it alive, and even in a drought it can bear fruit. We are talking then about resources. Persons trusting in Yahweh make it through dry periods because they have Yahweh, the fountain of living water, to draw upon (2:13; 17:13).” (Page 784)
“Precisely what Jeremiah was about between 627 and 622 is unknown. In view of the lifelong bond that existed between him and members of the Shaphan family, it could well be that during these years he was preparing himself for the vocation that awaited him by studying letters and rhetoric at the scribal school in Jerusalem over which Shaphan presided.” (Page 109)
“Jeremiah was called to be a prophet in the thirteenth year of King Josiah (1:2, 4). This was 627 b.c., the same year Assurbanipal of Assyria died.” (Page 107)
“The year 640 was, in any case, pivotal. In this year Josiah was placed on the Jerusalem throne at eight years of age.” (Page 102)
- Title: Jeremiah 1–20
- Author: Jack R. Lundbom
- Series: Anchor Yale Bible (AYB)
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication Date: 1999
- Pages: 960
Jack R. Lundbom is an internationally respected authority on Jeremiah. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and held visiting appointments at Andover Newton Theological School, Yale Divinity School, The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and Uppsala University in Sweden. Lundbom has traveled and lectured widely in Europe, the Near East, Africa, and the United States. He has twice been a Fulbright Professor in Germany, at Universität Marburg in 1988–1989 and Universität Tübingen in 2002. His many publications include Jeremiah: A Study in Ancient Hebrew Rhetoric and The Early Career of the Prophet Jeremiah. He is a life member at Clare Hall, Cambridge University.