Resources for the Book of Jeremiah
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Jeremiah at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Bible Briefs, Jermiah: study guide from Virginia Theological Seminary.
- Book of Jeremiah, Wikipedia.
- Book of Jeremiah, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
- Jeremias the Prophet, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Introduction, Outline and Bibliography, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Introduction to the Book of Jeremiah, New American Bible.
- The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of Jeremiah.
- Bible Basics (Jeremiah) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Walking Through the Bible: Jeremiah.
- Biblenotes summary: Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah from Aaron Rittmaster's Hebrew Prophets Web.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
- Jeremiah, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Jeremiah, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Jeremiah, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Jeremiah, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Jeremiah, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "From the Fall of Nineveh to the Fall of Judah," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- Jeremiah, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- The Book of Jeremiah, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Jeremiah, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Articles and Background:
- "The Jeremiah Dilemma," Farrell Till, The Skeptical Review, 1990.
- Jeremiah: "Thy Lovers Will Despise Thee," from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- "Text and Redaction in Jeremiah's Oracles Against the Nations," James W. Watts, Syracuse University.
- "Job and Jeremiah: Understanding the Divine Moral Order through Lament and Response," Nicholas May, Journal of biblical Studies, 2003.
- "Saying Yes to Exile and No! Reactions to the Exile in the Book of Jeremiah," Ralph W. Klein, Israel in Exile.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Biddle, Mark E.,
"Contingency, God, and the Babylonians: Jeremiah on the Complexity of
Repentance," Review and Expositor, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jones, Barry,
"Speaking to the Exiles: How the Theme of Exile in Jeremiah Addresses 21st
Century Congregations," Review and Expositor, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Connor, Kathleen M.,
"Jeremiah as Ideal Survivor," Journal for Preachers, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Connor, Kathleen M.,
"The Prophet Jeremiah and Exclusive Loyalty to God," Interpretation,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pakala, James C.,
"A Librarian's Comments on Commentaries: 18 (Jeremiah)," Presbyterion,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Redditt, Paul L.,
"When Faith Demands Treason: Civil Religion and the Prophet Jeremiah,"
Review and Expositor, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Scalise, Pamela J.,
"Scrolling through Jeremiah: Written Documents as a Reader's Guide to the
Book of Jeremiah," Review and Expositor, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schart, Aaron,
"The Book of Jeremiah and the Visions of Amos," Review and Expositor,
2004. (See also
Jeremiah, issue focus of Review and Expositor, 2004.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sommer, Benjamin D.,
"New Light on the Composition of Jeremiah," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stulman, Louis,
"Is There Life after Wreckage? Jeremiah as a Map of Hope," Journal
for Preachers, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stulman, Louis J., "Jeremiah as a
Messenger of Hope in Crisis," Interpretation, 2008. (See
Interpretation 62.1, issue focus, Jeremiah.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Biddle, Mark E.,
"Contingency, God, and the Babylonians: Jeremiah on the Complexity of
Repentance," Review and Expositor, 2004.
- Reviews:
- 1999:
- Bauer, Angela, Gender in the Book of Jeremiah:A Feminist Literary Reading. (Peter Lang, 1999) Review by Carolyn J. Sharp in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Berrigan, Daniel, Jeremiah: The World, the Wound of God. (Fortress, 1999) Review by Erhard S. Gerstenberger in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Ferry, Joëlle, Illusions et salut dans la prédication prophétique de Jérémie. (de Gruyter, 1999) Review by Bernard C. Gosse in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Friebel, Kelvin G., Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical Nonverbal Communication. Sheffield (JSOTSup), 1999. Review by Julie Galambush in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Hill, John, Friend or Foe? The Figure of Babylon in the Book of Jeremiah MT. Brill (Biblical Interpretation Series), 1999. Review by Alice Ogden Bellis in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Mckeating, Henry, The Book of Jeremiah. (Epworth Press, 1999) Review by Lisbeth Fried in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- 2003:
- DeWaard, Jan, A Handbook on Jeremiah. Eisenbrauns, 2003. Review by Richard D. Weis at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Sharp, Carolyn J., Prophecy and Ideology in Jeremiah: Struggles for Authority in the Deutero-Jeremianic Prose. Clark, 2003. Review by Louis Stulman in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
- 2004:
- Lundbom, Jack R., Jeremiah 21-36 (Anchor Bible). Doubleday, 2004. Review by Carolyn J. Sharp at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Kessler, Martin, ed., Reading the Book of Jeremiah: A Search for Coherence. Eisenbrauns, 2004. Reviews by David Glatt-Gilad and Else Holt, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- 2005:
- 2006:
- Joo, Samantha, Provocation and Punishment: The Anger of God in the Book of Jeremiah and Deuteronomistic Theology. deGruyter, 2006. Review by Mark Leuchter, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- 2007:
- Brueggemann, Walter, The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah. Cambridge University Press, 2007. Review by Carolyn J. Sharp, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- Dempsey, Carol. Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth. Liturgical Press, 2007. Reviews by Mitchel Modine and Carolyn J. Sharp, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007/08.
- 1999:
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- The Text This Week's links and resources to information about the Hebrew Prophets.
