Jeremiah 1–20

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack R. Lundbom
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
The People ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The World

Jeremiah, long considered one of the most colorful of the ancient Israelite prophets, comes to life in Jack R. Lundbom’s Jeremiah 1-20. From his boyhood call to prophecy in 627 b.c.e., which Jeremiah tried to refuse, to his scathing judgments against the sins and hypocrisy of the people of Israel, Jeremiah charged through life with passion and emotion. He saw his fellow Israelites abandon their one true God, and witnessed the predictable outcome of their disregard for God’s word – their tragic fall to the Babylonians. The first book of a three-volume Anchor Bible commentary, Jack R. Lundbom’s eagerly awaited exegesis of Jeremiah investigates the opening twenty chapters of this Old Testament giant. With considerable skill and erudition, Lundbom leads modern readers through this prophet’s often mysterious oracles, judgments, and visions. He quickly dispels the notion that the life and words of a seventh-century b.c.e. Israelite prophet can have no relevance for the contemporary reader. Clearly, Jeremiah was every bit as concerned as we are with issues like terrorism, hypocrisy, environmental pollution, and social justice. This impressive work of scholarship, essential to any biblical studies curriculum, replaces John Bright’s landmark Anchor Bible commentary on Jeremiah. Like its predecessor, Jeremiah 1-20 draws on the best biblical scholarship to further our understanding of the weeping prophet and his message to the world.

Moral Injury and Biblical Studies: An Early Sampling of Research and Emerging Trends

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-144
Author(s):  
Brad E. Kelle
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Moral Beliefs ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The World ◽  
Biblical Texts

Moral injury emerged within clinical psychology and related fields to refer to a non-physical wound (psychological and emotional pain and its effects) that results from the violation (by oneself or others) of a person’s deepest moral beliefs (about oneself, others, or the world). Originally conceived in the context of warfare, the notion has now expanded to include the morally damaging impact of various non-war-related experiences and circumstances. Since its inception, moral injury has been an intersectional and cross-disciplinary term and significant work has appeared in psychology, philosophy, medicine, spiritual/pastoral care, chaplaincy, and theology. Since 2015, biblical scholarship has engaged moral injury along two primary trajectories: 1) creative re-readings of biblical stories and characters informed by insights from moral injury; and 2) explorations of the postwar rituals and symbolic practices found in biblical texts and how they might connect to the felt needs of morally injured persons. These trajectories suggest that the engagement between the Bible and moral injury generates a two-way conversation in which moral injury can serve as a heuristic that brings new meanings out of biblical texts, and the critical study of biblical texts can contribute to the attempts to understand, identify, and heal moral injury.

scholarly journals Dilema Kekerasan dalam Ayat-ayat Kitab Suci

MELINTAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
Staniselaus Eko Riyadi
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Violent Acts ◽  
Biblical Texts

Violence is a crime condemned by religions, but religions in the world are apparently involved in some kind of violence. It has been considered problematic that some scriptural texts are showing violent acts that seem to be ‘authorised’ by God, even ‘allowed’ by God, or celebrated by the people. How should we understand such problematic texts? Is there any violence authorised by God? Christianity has been dealing with the interpretation of violent acts in biblical texts from the Old Testament as well as from the New Testament. This article suggests that violence in the biblical texts must be understood within the context of defining religious identity of Israel among the other nations that have their own gods. Scriptures do not promote violence, but has recorded the historical experiences of Israel in their confrontation with other nations. Therefore, violence in the biblical texts cannot be referred to as a sort of justification for any violent acts by religions in our multireligious and multiethnic society.

Can Codes of Ethical Conduct Work?

2018 ◽  
pp. 769-799
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Regulatory Mechanisms ◽  
International Level ◽  
Strategic Interactions ◽  
The World ◽  
Corporate Social

Most recently, the world has witnessed a spectacular increase in the size and number of Transnational Corporations (TNCs); an explosion that has resulted in the overseas practices of such companies coming under intense scrutiny, and in the realisation that governments often lack the resources necessary to ensure TNC compliance to international standards in key areas such as labour rights, environmental pollution, and social justice. Against the backdrop of significant failure in national- and international-level attempts to administer Transnational Corporations, this research chapter will examine the effectiveness of codes of ethical corporate conduct devised to enhance the regulation of corporate behaviour. The research presented herein focuses on the conceptualisation of such regulatory mechanisms, and their relationship to the larger corpus of corporate social, commercial, and ethical strategic interactions; evaluating their effectiveness as instruments of privatised governance through the particular examination of corporate stakeholder behaviour and recent examples of global best practice.

Laws in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Greengus
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Biblical Law ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
The People ◽  
Divine Origin ◽  
The Law ◽  
Criminal Behaviors ◽  
The Many

Biblical laws are found mainly in the Pentateuch (i.e., the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). The laws are linked to the figure of Moses, who is depicted as having received them directly from God in order to transmit them to the people of Israel during the years in the Wilderness after being released from slavery in Egypt. Biblical laws are thus presented as being of divine origin. Their authority was further bolstered by a tradition that they were included in covenants (i.e., formal agreements made between God and the people as recorded in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy). Similar claims of divine origin were not made for other ancient Near Eastern laws; their authority flowed from kings, who issued the laws, although these kings might also be seen as having been placed on their thrones through the favor of the gods. The biblical law collections are unlike other ancient Near Eastern “codes” in that they include sacral laws (i.e., governing cult, worship, and ritual, as well as secular laws: namely, governing civil, and criminal behaviors). This mingling of sacral and secular categories is the likely reason both for the many terms used to denote the laws, as well as for the unexpected number of formulations in which they are presented. The formulations used in biblical law can be classified as “casuistic” or “non-casuistic.” They are not equally distributed in the books of the Pentateuch nor are they equally used with secular and sacral laws. While there are similarities in content between secular laws found in the Hebrew Bible and laws found in the ancient Near Eastern law “codes,” the latter do not exhibit a comparable variety in the numbers of law terms and formulations. The Hebrew Bible tended to “blur” the differences between the law terms and their formulations, ultimately to the point of subsuming them all under the law term torah (“teaching”) to describe the totality of the divinely given laws in the Pentateuch. Biblical studies in general and Pentateuchal studies in particular are challenged by the fact that manuscripts contemporary with the events described have not survived the ravages the time. Scholars must therefore rely on looking for “clues” within the texts themselves (e.g., the laws cited by the prophets, the reform of Josiah, the teaching of torah by Ezra, and evidence for customs and customary laws found in books of the Hebrew Bible outside of the Pentateuch).

scholarly journals PENYEMBUHAN DALAM JEMAAT DITINJAU DARI SUDUT THEOLOGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Rencan Carisma Marbun
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Gospel Of John ◽  
Divine Healing ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
General Provision

AbstractIn the Bible, we do not see the description of pain and healing as we haveencountered in the world of medicine. However, from a number of terms thebackground or meaning can be known. In the Old Testament, sickness is due to someone experiencing in their body something incomplete, or “badevents”. He does not experience normal bodily and mental life, perhaps due to infection, imbalance (harmony), or backward health, so he is called sick (holi). We see that healing is one of the responsibilities that humans can do for people who suffer from illness. The role of doctor and his remedybecomes and seems to indicate his responsibility towards the sufferingperson, who is deficient in reaffirming the people (cf. the term “hzk piel” in Jeremiah 30:21; 34: 4). In the New Testament, we do not find theimpression of illness arising as a sign of God's punishment, but instead inJesus’ ministry, He healed people, a sign of reestablishing the order of life with God (cf. Luke 4:18). Healing is generally an act or a way to heal the sick, and it can also be mentioned that healing is divine. Healing in Greek is called in the plural meaning the gifts of healing. The healing of miracles in the Gospel of John emphasizes the dynamic work of God and the sign (Greek: semeia) of His power. Disease is not only a result of sin, but also shows God’s work (9:3). So it is clear that healing miracles is not only valid individually, locally, or temporarily physical meaning, but also in general, provision and spiritual.Keywords: Healing, Congregation

scholarly journals A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AS THE RULE OF LAW

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Sergey N. Smolnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
The West ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Just Society ◽  
Historical Moment

The article considers the place of social justice in modern law. Various aspects are noted: its relationship with the social state, legal state, civilizational particularities, historical features. The question of the significance of choice between the legality and legitimacy of power as a factor in the establishment of social justice is considered. The article raises the issue of the subject-object essence of social justice. It provides a comparison of two approaches to social justice in modern Russia — liberal and conservative, and notes the contradictory nature of both. Attention is drawn to the role of elites, the intelligentsia and the people in the embodiment of the liberal project. The author reveals the historical and civilizational prerequisites for the conservative project domination, its being in demand on the part of both the authorities and significant segments of the population, and its correspondence to the historical moment. The similarity of the conservative response to the challenges facing the society in the United States, Japan, Britain and Russia is substantiated. A sociological comparison of positions on the issues of law as social justice in the West and in Russia is given. There is an increasing divergence in understanding social justice both in the countries of the West (destruction of the social contract, welfare state) and between the West and the rest of the world. The theme of justice is increasingly playing a role in causing mutual claims rather than in stabilizing and maintaining international and civil peace. The paper considers attempts to create domestic models of a just society. Social justice is regarded as a projective concept and presupposes the existence of models of the expected and ideal future of society. The world trend towards change in the ideas of the subject of law and of the paradigm shift from liberalism to transhumanism is noted. It is argued that it is impossible to identify law with social justice.

scholarly journals Penyelamatan Bumi dan Isinya dalam Pandangan Ekoteologi: Sebuah Analisis Biblikal

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-181
Author(s):  
Agustin Soewitomo Putri
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
The Other ◽  
Important Concept ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
Full Power ◽  
Original Concept

The development of the world, especially in relation to the condition of the earth which includes nature and its environment, increases the time it experiences an increasingly dire situation. News about the occurrence of floods, smog that causes pollution, land damage and marine pollution due to uncontrolled plastic waste and garbage and various forms of environmental pollution have become news that is commonly heard and even tends to be considered wind. Earth's worsening conditions can no longer be underestimated. The condition of the earth will affect the continuity of human civilization in the future and the inevitable consequence is that today's humans are also responsible for the condition and health of the earth which will be passed on to their children and grandchildren. While on the other hand, religion, with its teachings that talk more about heaven, is accused of being the cause of all causes of damage due to human neglect of nature. This is where Ecotheology is expected to become a bridge to resolve this gap so that understanding of God and care for all of His creation are connected with the biblical explanation. This study aims to present the biblical idea of saving the earth and its contents, so that Christians can share responsibility for the management of the earth. As for the conclusion are: First, humans must return to the original concept of its formation, as guardians, preservers, managers of the earth with full power but not done arbitrarily. Second, saving the earth actually begins with a mandate for humans to protect their own race, the task of procreating and multiplying is the task of balancing the existing population, the task of balancing also includes being responsible for education for the next generations. Third, the laws in the Old Testament provide an important concept which until today can be a pattern for humans to care for the preservation of nature. Fourth, the concept of redemption carried out by Christ includes the restoration of the earth and everything in it and this restoration requires cooperation and awareness from humans to work for it.Perkembangan dunia, khususnya berhubungan dengan kondisi bumi yang meliputi alam dan lingkungannya, bertambah waktu mengalami keadaan yang semakin memprihatinkan. Berita tentang terjadinya banjir, kabut asap yang mengakibatkan polusi, kerusakan tanah dan pencemaran laut akibat limbah plastik dan sampah yang tak terkendali dan berbagai bentuk pencemaran-pencemaran lingkungan telah menjadi pemberitaan yang biasa didengar bahkan cenderung dianggap angin lalu. Kondisi bumi yang makin buruk ini tidak lagi bisa disepelekan. Keadaan bumi akan mempengaruhi kelangsungan peradaban manusia di masa depan dan konsekuensi yang tak dapat dielakkan adalah manusia jaman sekarang turut bertanggungjawab atas keadaan dan kesehatan bumi yang akan diwariskan kepada anak cucunya. Sementara di pihak lain, agama dengan ajarannya yang lebih banyak berbicara tentang surga, dituding menjadi penyebab segala pemicu kerusakan karena pengabaian manusia terhadap alam. Di sinilah Ekoteologi diharapkan menjadi jembatan untuk menyelesaikan kesenjangan tersebut sehingga pemahaman tentang Allah dan perawatan terhadap seluruh ciptaan-Nya terhubung dengan penjelasan Alkitab. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengemukakan gagasan Alkitab tentang penyelamatan bumi dan isinya, sehingga orang-orang Kristen ikut bertanggung jawab terhadap pengelolaan bumi. Adapun sebagai kesimpulan adalah: Pertama, manusia harus kembali kepada konsep awal pembentukannya, sebagai penjaga, pemelihara, pengelola bumi dengan kekuasaan yang penuh namun bukan dikerjakan dengan sewenang-wenang. Kedua, penyelamatan bumi justru diawali dengan mandat untuk manusia menjaga rasnya sendiri, tugas beranak cucu dan bertambah banyak adalah tugas untuk menyeimbangkan populasi yang ada, tugas menyeimbangkan juga meliputi tugas bertanggung jawab untuk pendidikan bagi generasi-generasi berikutnya. Ketiga, hukum-hukum dalam Perjanjian Lama memberikan konsep penting yang hingga hari ini dapat menjadi pola manusia untuk merawat kelestarian alam. Keempat, konsep penebusan yang dilakukan oleh Kristus mencakup pemulihan atas bumi dan segala isinya dan pemulihan tersebut memerlukan kerjasama dan kesadaran dari manusia untuk mengusahakannya.

Scripture and Exegesis in Early Modern Lutheranism

2014 ◽  
pp. 282-297
Author(s):  
Benjamin T. G. Mayes
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Human Form ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
God's Word ◽  
Roman Catholics

Lutheran exegesis in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries took place in a wide variety of contexts. Lutherans viewed the canonical Scriptures as God’s Word in human form, although they also paid attention to the uniqueness of Scripture’s human authors and cultivated intensive biblical studies. The dogmatic exegesis of the period was motivated not just by polemics, but also especially by the desire to make salutary application of the biblical text to Christian faith and life in teaching, consolation, admonition, and warning. Lutherans made rich use also of the mystical sense of Scripture, finding Jesus Christ prophesied in Old Testament mysteries. Lutherans responded—with limited success—to many criticisms of Scripture’s authority, coming from within their own ranks, from Socinians, from Roman Catholics, and from new discoveries in science and philosophy. By the end of the eighteenth century, the orthodox Lutheran view of Scripture no longer prevailed in Europe.

“We the People of Israel”: Covenant, Constitution, and the Supposed Biblical Origins of Modern Democratic Political Thought

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia R. C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
American Federalism ◽  
We The People

Abstract As an originally political term, study of the concept of “covenant” has long demonstrated the intersection of biblical studies and political theory. In recent decades, the association between covenant and constitution has come to the forefront of modern political thought in attempts to find the origins of certain democratic ideals in the descriptions of biblical Israel, in order to garner either religious or cultural authority. This is exemplified in the claims of Daniel J. Elazar that the first conceptual seeds of American federalism are found in the covenants of the Hebrew Bible. Taking Elazar’s work as a starting and end point, this paper applies contemporary biblical scholarship to his definition of biblical covenant in order to reveal the influences of his own American political environment and that of the interpreters he is dependent upon. The notion that biblical covenant or its interpretation remains a monolithic or static concept is overturned by a survey of the diverse receptions of covenant in the history of biblical scholarship from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries, contrasting American and German interpretive trends. As such, I aim to highlight the reciprocal relationship between religion and politics, and the academic study of both, in order to challenge the claim that modern political thought can be traced back to biblical conceptions.

Jeremiah 37-52

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack R. Lundbom
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
Divine Wrath ◽  
The Temple

Stirring words of the most outspoken of the Hebrew prophets are reexamined in this concluding volume of the esteemed Anchor Bible Commentary on Jeremiah. This final book of the three-volume Anchor Bible Commentary gives us translation and commentary on the concluding sixteen chapters of Jeremiah. Here, during Judah’s darkest days, when nationhood came to an end, Jeremiah with his people confronted the consequences of the nation’s sin, while at the same time reconstituting a remnant community with hopes to give Israel a future. Jeremiah preached that Israel’s God, Yahweh, was calling to account every nation on the Earth, even the nation chosen as his own. For the latter, Jeremiah was cast into a pit and left to die, only to be rescued by an Ethiopian eunuch. But the large collection of Foreign Nation Oracles in the book shows that other nations too were made to drink the cup of divine wrath, swollen as they were by wickedness, arrogant pride, and trust in their own gods. Yet the prophet who thundered Yahweh’s judgment was also the one who gave Israel’s remnant a hope for the future, expressed 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 37-52 draws on the best biblical scholarship to further our understanding of this preeminent prophet and his message to the world.

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