Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem
Mark Roncace
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Copyright © 2005 by Mark Roncace
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roncace, Mark.
Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem / Mark Roncace.
p. cm.—(Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series; 423)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-567-02671-X
1. Bible. O.T. Jeremiah 37, 1–40, 6—Criticism, Narrative. I. Title. II. Series.
BS1525.52.R66 2005
224′.206—dc22
ISBN 0-567-02671-X (hardback)
2005006786
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Of Prophets, Kings, and Destruction: Part 2
Of Prophets, Kings, and Destruction: Part 3
The Plot: Fulfillment of Jeremiah’s Message?
Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Prophet–King Narratives
The Man of God from Judah and Jeroboam
An earlier version of this book was submitted as a dissertation to the faculty at Emory University. I thank Martin Buss, Vernon Robbins, and especially Carol Newsom for their expert guidance. This book would have been impossible without them. I also thank my student-colleagues at Emory—Megan Moore, Amy Cottrill, Brad Kelle, Tamara Yates, and David ...
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About Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of JerusalemMark Roncace demonstrates that the story of Jeremiah and Zedekiah is not the typical good prophet/bad king story found in much of prophetic literature and the Deuteronomic History. He provides an intertextual reading of the passages which connect Jeremiah to other figures in the Old Testament. The text features the dynamic interaction between the prophet Jeremiah and King Zedekiah in the context of events surrounding the fall of Jerusalem. While there have been many literary studies of Biblical texts, there has been little work on the narratives in the book of Jeremiah. Roncace’s book begins to uncover the richness of the prophetic narratives in Jeremiah and focuses on issues of characterization and point of view as well as the text’s connections with other passages in the book of Jeremiah and those beyond it. |
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