Jeremiah 21–36 (Anchor Yale Bible Commentary | AYBC)

by Jack Lundbom

Publisher:

Yale University Press

, 2008

Overview

This second book of the three-volume Anchor Yale Bible commentary on Jeremiah by Jack R. Lundbom offers an astute translation and commentary on the middle 16 chapters of Jeremiah. Important themes in the present volume include injustice within Judah’s royal house, sexual immorality among the clergy, and true versus false prophecy. Yet the prophet who thundered Yahweh’s judgment was also the one who gave the remnant people—in oracle and in symbolic action—a promise and a hope, expressed climactically in a new and eternal covenant for future days. Here too is the only report in the Bible of an accredited scribe writing up a scroll of oracles for public reading at the temple.

This magisterial work of scholarship is sure to be essential to any biblical studies curriculum. Jeremiah 21–36 draws on the best biblical scholarship to further our understanding of this preeminent prophet and his message to the world.

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Key Features

• 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

Contents

• On Kings and Prophets (21:1–23:40)
• Prepare for a Life in Exile (24:1–29:32)
• The Book of Restoration (30:1–33:26)
• False Covenants, True Covenants (34:1–36:32)

Top Highlights

“The curse meted out by Yahweh is stated in metaphorical terms: the men will become the calf cut in two because they violated the covenant.” (Pages 564–565)

“In my view, the new covenant cannot be reduced to a renewed Sinai covenant such as took place on the plains of Moab (Deut 5:2–3; 28:69[Eng 29:1]), at Shechem (Joshua 24), or in Jerusalem at the climax of the Josianic Reform (2 Kings 23). Although this new covenant will have admitted continuity with the Sinai covenant, it will still be a genuinely new covenant, one that marks a new beginning in the divine-human relationship because 1) it is given without conditions; 2) it will be written in the hearts of people in a way the Sinai covenant was not (v 33); and 3) it will be grounded in a wholly new act of divine grace, i.e., the forgiveness of sins (v 34). On the unconditional nature of the ‘eternal covenant’ (bĕrît ʿôlām), which is another name for the new covenant, see Note for 32:40.” (Page 466)

“the calf that they cut in two and walked between its parts” (Page 555)

“The new covenant forms the centerpiece of a larger hope that includes a new act of salvation, a new Zion, and a new Davidic king.” (Page 466)

“Yahweh sows ‘the house of Israel and the house of Judah’ (v 27). In v 33, then, ‘Israel’ means all Israel, including Judah. But there is nothing to suggest that this new covenant will be made with an expanded Israel, including Gentiles. It was so interpreted by the Christian Church, but the promise as given is not that inclusive.” (Pages 466–467)

Product Details

• Title: Jeremiah 21–36
• Author: Jack R. Lundbom
• Series: Anchor Yale Bible (AYB)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Pages: 672

About Jack Lundbom

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.