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his second book of the three-volume
Anchor Bihl~ Commentary offers an astute
translation and commentary on the middle
sixteen chapters of Jeremiah. Important themes in the
present volume include injustice within Judah's royal
house, sexual immorality among the clergy, and true
versus false prophecy. Yet the prophet who thundered
Yahweh's judgment was also the one who gave the rem-
nant people-in oracle and in symbolic action-a
promise and a hope, ex-pressed climactically in a new
and eternal covenant for future days. Here too is the
only report in the Bible of an accredited scribe writing
up a scroll of oracles for public reading at the Temple.
This magisterial work of scholarship is sure to be
essential to any biblical studies curriculum. Jeremiah
21-36 draws on the best biblical scholarship to fur-
ther our understanding of this preeminent prophet
and his message to the world.
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