Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Jeremiah, textures on October 21, 2007| Leave a Comment »
‘Where is YHWH?’
It seems an obvious question to be heard on the lips of a people whose recent past YHWH has permeated with redemptive actions on their behalf. When it is not heard, the prophet suggests, the silence is not only deafening but accusing as well. (more…)
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Jeremiah, textures on October 20, 2007| Leave a Comment »
It would be difficult to uncover a biblical passage more densely constructed with the elements of hope than the ‘new covenant’ chapters of the book of Jeremiah. With good reason chapters 30-33 are sometimes styled the ‘book of comfort’. With less justification did classic 20th-century biblical criticism separate this section from the work of the historical prophet by virtue of the alleged incompatibility of their persistent hopefulness with the rather more curmudgeonly material that was understood to derive more directly from the ‘weeping prophet’ himself. (more…)
Canter Bridge 