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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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