JEREMIAH AND THE DEUTERONOMIC HISTORY

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JEREMIAH AND THE DEUTERONOMIC HISTORY

• CHAPTER 18

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Background

• Opens with his call as a prophet about 627 B.C.
• He claims to be too young
• Holds biblical record for prophetic activity
• Book rare Reveals an emotional side
• Three major time periods

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Three Special Types of Material

• Type A Original Oracles
• Type B Memoirs or Biographical Accounts
• Type C Prose Oracles

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Political Situation

• 45 yr ministry world changed dramatically
• Power shift from Assyria to Babylon
• Judah submitted first to Egypt then Babylon
• Josiah and Sons
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoiakim
• Zedekiah

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Jeremiahs Message

• Defender of Hosea and Deuteronomy
• Speaker colorful imagery
• Singleminded sense of mission Two evils
• Idolatry
• Injustice

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The Temple Sermon

• 2 different Accounts
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 26

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Deuteronomists History

• Origins
• Pattern of Deuteronomic History
• 5 Stages
• Joshua
• The Judges
• King David
• The Kings
• Fall and Exile

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Conclusion

• Explain why the kingdom failed and the people
  were exiled despite Gods covenant promises.
• Disagree on what God was going to do after the
  kingdom failed.
• History completed while Exile still on
• God wanted voluntary loyalty of each person in
  the community.