Uprooting and Planting

This Festschrift for Leslie C. Allen reflects the ferment in studies of Jeremiah. A group of international scholars examine the location of the prophecies in Jeremiah's life and consider the book's social, ethical, theological, political, and devotional implications.

PrefaceChapter 1: Leslie C. Allen--An Educated EvangelicalChapter 2: Jeremiah 3:22b: An Intentionally Ambiguous, Multivalent Riddle TextChapter 3: Do Jeremiah and Ezekiel Share a Common View of the Exile?Chapter 4: Prophecy Interpreted: Intertextuality and ProphecyChapter 5: Jeremiah and the PoorChapter 6: Jeremiah and the SuperpowerChapter 7: Yhwh, the God of Israel...and of Edom?Chapter 8: Jeremiah 2-10 as a Unified Literary CompositionChapter 9: The Book of Jeremiah (MT) and Its Early Second Temple BackgroundChapter 10: Word of Jeremiah--Wod of GodChapter 11: Prophet and Singer in the FrayChapter 12: The Mis-Pi Rituals and Incantations and Jeremiah 10:1-16Chapter 13: The Laments in Jeremiah and 1QHChapter 14: Ebed-Melech as ExemplarChapter 15: Baruch Among the SagesChapter 16: Baruch as First ReaderChapter 17: Jeremiah's Reflection on the Isaian Royal PromiseChapter 18: Dislocations in Time and Ideology in the Reconception of Jeremiah's Words