Mark E. Biddle examines the multivocal theological discussions spawned by the Babylonian catastrophe found in the book of Jeremiah. For example, postcrisis generations pondered questions of suffering (their own and God's), of human agency and divine instrumentality, and of repentance. Biddle demonstrates, further, that, in many cases, interpreters in earlier Jewish and Christian tradition anticipated the modern recognition of the complexity of these discussions. The resulting picture of Jeremiah invites contemporary interpreters into the discussion.
Author Biography
Mark E. Biddle is Professor of Old Testament at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He is the founding dean of Sophia Theological Seminary. Among his publications are A Redaction History of Jeremiah 2:1--4:2 (1990) and Polyphony and Symphony in Prophetic Literature (1996). And he is the translator of Hermann Gunkel's Genesis (1997) and Sigmund Mowinckel's PsalmStudies (2014).
