Posts Tagged ‘complaint’

  • The last Confession of Jeremiah: Jeremiah 20: Yahweh seduces his prophet

    The last Confession of Jeremiah: Jeremiah 20: Yahweh seduces his prophet

    Jeremiah gets more personal in his complaints, but his “conversation” with YHWH still seems to shut out any response… curiouser and curiouser… and which ending will you choose of this series? This screencast is part of a series on the “Confessions of Jeremiah” you can watch the rest here...

  • Jeremiah’s first confession: Jer 11:18-12:6: Part Two Jeremiah and Yahweh

    Dec 9, 14 • characterisation, Complaint, JeremiahComments Off on Jeremiah’s first confession: Jer 11:18-12:6: Part Two Jeremiah and Yahweh
    Jeremiah’s first confession: Jer 11:18-12:6: Part Two Jeremiah and Yahweh

    In the previous two podcasts in this series I’ve introduced “the Confessions of Jeremiah” and the first confession (11:18-12:6). Here we’ll look at this text from the point of view of how it portrays the characters of Jeremiah (in the book the speaker of the passage) and his God (whom he often addresses and on [&hellip...

  • Jeremiah’s first confession: Jer 11:18-12:6: Part One

    Dec 8, 14 • Complaint, JeremiahComments Off on Jeremiah’s first confession: Jer 11:18-12:6: Part One
    Jeremiah’s first confession: Jer 11:18-12:6: Part One

    Before thinking about this “confession” we’ll first look at lament psalms briefly. Lament psalms often contain: – an address (maybe simply “O God” or “O Lord”) – a/some complaint(s) – a request for help addressed to God – the affirmation of trust in God, as thanks for past action or simply as praise and conviction [&hellip...

  • The Confessions of Jeremiah

    Dec 4, 14 • Jeremiah, NarrativeComments Off on The Confessions of Jeremiah
    The Confessions of Jeremiah

    A series of passages in Jeremiah stand out because of their contents which presents itself as powerful debates about Jeremiah, his call, his enemies and his God. In some of them Jeremiah seems to be speaking alone, in otgher God responds. These “Confessions of Jeremiah are: Jer 11:18-20; 12:1-6; 15:10-21, 17:14-18; 18:18-23; 20:7-13 (the exact [&hellip...