{"product_id":"returning-from-the-abyss-pivotal-moments-in-the-book-of-jeremiah-9780664266868","title":"Returning from the Abyss: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament series helps readers see Scripture with new eyes, highlighting short, key texts--pivotal moments--that shift our expectations and invite us to turn toward another reality transformed by God's purposes and action.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book of Jeremiah tells the story of a prophetic mission that seems doomed to fail. God instructs Jeremiah to call to account a people who refuse to turn from their unfaithfulness until it is too late, and they encounter destruction at the hands of the Babylonians. Yet underlying the themes of warning and judgment is a steady refrain: God's desire to draw God's people back into covenant, even when things seem past the point of no return. What lessons can contemporary readers draw from the narrative of a stubborn people who cling to their exploitative ways and a God who, even so, relentlessly pursues them? In \u003cem\u003eReturning from the Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e, Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and literary context of the book of Jeremiah to illuminate the dual themes of Israel's long walk into, and out of, the trauma and devastation of exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Brueggemann points out the role of the prophet in overturning a people's illusory sense of security in unjust structures that are not of God and leading those same people toward the hope of restoration and return. He also highlights the persistent themes of empire, self-sufficiency, and withholding from neighbor that inform the narratives of both Israel and \"American exceptionalism\" and examines how the holiness of God is at work in untamed historical processes that point us toward a costly hope for a just economic and political future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrueggemann, Walter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Brueggemann\u003c\/strong\u003e is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books, including \u003cem\u003eSabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTruth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrawn, Brent A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrent A. Strawn\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Old Testament and Professor of Law at Duke University. Previously, he was the William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books, including\u003cem\u003eThe Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003eThe Old Testament: A Concise Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the editor of the Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westminster John Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50450440290578,"sku":"9780664266868","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cab35800-c33d-443a-8e12-b9a9658f3a64.jpg?v=1729755848","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/returning-from-the-abyss-pivotal-moments-in-the-book-of-jeremiah-9780664266868","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}