The Retributive and Suffering God of the Book of Jeremiah: A Study of Yhwh's 'Azab-Complaints

Cover\nTitel\nPreface\nTable of Contents\nAbbreviations and Formalities\nChapter I: Introduction\n	1. Context and Focus of the Study\n	2. Prevailing Readings and My Theses\n		2.1 The Prosaic ʻĀzab-Complaints: A Typical Deuteronomistic Explanation of the Defeat and Exile of Judah?\n		2.2 The Poetic ʻĀzab-Complaints: A Lament of a Forsaken and Victimized YHWH?\n		2.3 Summing Up: The Theses of the Study\n	3. Broader Research Context and Working Assumptions\n		3.1 The Prosaic ʻĀzab-Complaints: The Problem of Formulaic Prose Material\n			3.1.1 The Prose–Poetry Problem\n				3.1.1.1 The Prose as Secondary to the Poetic Material\n				3.1.1.2 The Nature of Prose contra Poetry\n			3.1.2 The Formulaic Character of the Prose Material\n			3.1.3 Tendencies of Deuteronomistic Redaction(s)\n			3.1.4 Summary\n		3.2 The PoeticʻĀzab-Complaints: Divine Lament and the Notion of Divine Pathos\n			3.2.1 Divine Lament in the Book of Jeremiah\n			3.2.2 Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Notion of Divine Pathos\n			3.2.3 Terence E. Fretheim and the Notion of Divine Pathos\n				3.2.3.1 Contemporary Constructive Theology\n				3.2.3.2 Traditional Biblical Scholarship\n			3.2.4 Walter Brueggemann and the Notion of Divine Pathos\n				3.2.4.1 YHWH as a Fully Articulated Personal Agent\n				3.2.4.2 Bipolar Framework\n			3.2.5 Phenomenologies of Desire and Different Types of Lament\n			3.2.6 Summary\n	4. Approach and Outline of the Study\nChapter II: YHWH’s Poetic ʻĀzab-Complaints\n	1. Introduction\n	2. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in Jer 2:13\n		2.1 Introductory Remarks\n			2.1.1 Fretheim’s and Brueggemann’s Readings\n		2.2 Literary Context\n			2.2.1 YHWH’s Rîb as Punishment of Continuing Confrontation\n			2.2.2 A Poem Filled with Irony\n			2.2.3 Divine Lament and YHWH’s Desire for Continuing Relationship\n		2.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			2.3.1 An Accusation of Infidelity?\n			2.3.2 An Accusation of Foolishness\n			2.3.3 A Compassionate Lament\n		2.4 Conclusion\n	3. YHWH’sʻĀzab-Complaints in Jer 2:17 and 2:19\n		3.1 Introductory Remarks\n			3.1.1 Fretheim’s and Brueggemann’s Readings\n		3.2 Literary Context\n			3.2.1 Situation of Distress\n			3.2.2 Rhetorical Questions\n		3.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaints\n			3.3.1 Accusations of (Marital) Infidelity?\n			3.3.2 Accusations of Foolishness\n			3.3.3 Compassionate Laments\n		3.4 Conclusion\n	Excursus 1: Marital Imagery in Jer 2\n		1. The Diversity of Marital and Sexual Metaphors\n		2. The Unidentified Female Figure in Jer 2\n		3. The Meaning and Function of vv. 2–3 in Jer 2\n	4. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in Jer 5:7\n		4.1 Introductory Remarks\n			4.1.1 Fretheim’s and Brueggemann’s Readings\n		4.2 Literary Context\n			4.2.1 The Train of Thought in Jer 5:1–9\n			4.2.2 Imperatives and Rhetorical Questions\n			4.2.3 The Problem of Falseness and Lack of Integrity\n		4.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			4.3.1 An Accusation of Infidelity?\n			4.3.2 An Accusation of Foolishness\n			4.3.3 A Compassionate Lament\n		4.4 Conclusion\n	5. Summary\nChapter III: YHWH’s Prosaic ʻĀzab-Complaints\n	1. Introduction\n	2. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in 1:16\n		2.1 Introductory Remarks\n			2.1.1 The Formulaic Character of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n		2.2 Literary Context\n		2.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			2.3.1 The Foolishness of the People\n			2.3.2 Total Judgment\n		2.4 Conclusion\n	3. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in 5:19\n		3.1 Introduction\n			3.1.1 The Question–Answer Scheme\n			3.1.2 The ?Azab-Complaint and the Question–Answer Scheme in 5:19\n				3.1.2.1 The Formulaic Character of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n				3.1.2.2 Distinctive Features of the Passage\n		3.2 Literary Context\n		3.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			3.3.1 The Foolishness of the People\n			3.3.2 Total Judgment\n		3.4 Conclusion\n	4. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in 9:12\n		4.1 Introduction\n		4.2 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			4.2.1 The Formulaic Character of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			4.2.2 The Foolishness of the People\n			4.2.3 Total Judgment\n		4.3 Conclusion\n	Excursus 2: The Literary Context of Jer 9:11–15\n		1. Indications of Continuity\n		2. From a Weeping Prophet to a Weeping God?\n		3. Jeremiah 8:8–9:2 and Divine Abandonment?\n		4. Jeremiah 9:9, 16–21 and Total Annihilation\n		5. Conclusion\n	5. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in Jer 16:11\n		5.1 Introduction\n			5.1.1 The Formulaic Character of the ʻĀzab-Complaints\n			5.1.2 Distinctive Features of the Passage\n		5.2 Literary Context\n		5.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n			5.3.1 Total Judgment\n			5.3.2 The Foolishness of the People\n		5.4 Conclusion\n	Excursus 3: The Question–Answer Scheme\n	6. YHWH’s ʻĀzab-Complaint in 19:4\n		6.1 Introduction\n		6.1.1 The Formulaic Character of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n		6.2 Literary Context\n		6.3 The Profile of the ʻĀzab-Complaint\n		6.4 Conclusion\n	7. Summary\nChapter IV: Outlook: The Retributive and Suffering God of The Book of Jeremiah\n	1. An Occasion to Recognize the Otherness of YHWH\n	2. An Occasion for Divine Redemption\nBibliography\nIndex of References\n	Old Testament\n	Apocrypha\n	Ancient Authors\nIndex of Modern Authors\nIndex of Subjects