The Teology Of The Book Of Jeremiah

Walter Brueggemann

Critical Access to the Book of Jeremiah

The Book of Jeremiah, who was the second of the three major
prophets, is situated betweenIsaiah and Ezekiel and is animmensely
complex book. Indeed, it is so complex that some informed readers
have concluded that it is impossible to read the book as a coherent
whole and have declared it “unreadable.” Although it is possible
to see how different subsections of the book function and
what they mean, it is not readily apparent how the subsections
meaningfully fit together. This is but the first of several critical
issues confronting any interpretation of the theology of the Book of
Jeremiah.