Jeremiah Under the Shadow of Duhm: A Critique of the Use of Poetic Form as a Criterion of Authenticity

by Joseph M. Henderson

Book Overview

Joe Henderson offers a critique of the assumption that poetic form in the book of Jeremiah indicates authenticity. This assumption undergirds Bernhard Duhm's reconstructions (1901) of the prophet's biography and the book's composition, the basic components of the dominant paradigm for twentieth-century Jeremiah scholarship. Henderson argues that Duhm's model is best understood as an attempt to bring the book into conformity with nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567701786
• ISBN13: 9780567701787
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"