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- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Legal Ethics
- Part II Narrative Ethics
- Part III Prophetic Ethics
- 11 Religion and Ethics in Isaiah
- 12 Covenant in the Book of Jeremiah
- 13 Ezekiel and Criminal Justice Reform
- 14 Poverty and Social Justice in Micah
- 15 War Violence in Hosea, Amos, and Nahum
- Part IV Wisdom/Poetic Ethics
- Part V Faithful Ethics
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
12 - Covenant in the Book of Jeremiah
from Part III - Prophetic Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Legal Ethics
- Part II Narrative Ethics
- Part III Prophetic Ethics
- 11 Religion and Ethics in Isaiah
- 12 Covenant in the Book of Jeremiah
- 13 Ezekiel and Criminal Justice Reform
- 14 Poverty and Social Justice in Micah
- 15 War Violence in Hosea, Amos, and Nahum
- Part IV Wisdom/Poetic Ethics
- Part V Faithful Ethics
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
Ethics is not the main problem in the book of Jeremiah. The professor who wants to prepare for teaching a course on ethics in the prophetic books would rather begin in the book of Amos, where social matters are of the utmost importance for the religious message, a book that from the outset has very little in common with the book of Jeremiah. Or she would go to the book of Hosea, where religious and social issues are ingeniously combined. In Jeremiah, apostasy and the pursuant divine punishment are far more important matters. This does not mean that ethics is of no importance in Jeremiah, but ethics in general is a derivative from the central issue, namely, the question of theodicy in the wake of the catastrophes in 597 and 587 BCE and the Babylonian exile.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics , pp. 178 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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