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In Jeremiah, Baruch, Pauline A. Viviano insightfully explores and explains these two challenging and important books of Scripture. The unrelenting doom that occupies much of the book of Jeremiah is offset by God’s refusal to totally abandon the people of Judah. This refusal to let go of the people is given its greatest expression in a New Covenant which lays the foundation for humanity’s...

Baruch’s message in the exilic period, specifically 582 B.C.; the Letter of Jeremiah is said to have been sent by Jeremiah to the Babylonian exiles, though it does not specify whether these are the exiles of 597 B.C. or 587 B.C. These chronological indications cannot be reconciled with the content of the book; for example, the temple cannot be in ruins (presumed in 2:26) and still intact and fully operational (1:10, 14). The identification of Belshazzar as the son of Nebuchadnezzar (1:11) is an error
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