Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah
Author | : Marie-Theres Wacker |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780814681558 |
ISBN-13 | : 0814681557 |
Rating | : 4/5 (557 Downloads) |
Download or read book Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah written by Marie-Theres Wacker and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah are among the so-called deuterocanonical books of the Bible, part of the larger Catholic biblical canon. Except for a short article in the Women's Bible Commentary, no detailed or comprehensive feminist commentary on these books is available so far. Marie-Theres Wacker reads both books with an approach that is sensitive to gender and identity issues. The book of Baruch--with its reflections on guilt of the fathers, with its transformation of wisdom into the Book of God's commandments, and with its strong symbol of mother and queen Jerusalem--offers a new and creative digest of Torah, writings, and prophets but seems to address primarily learned men. The so-called Letter of Jeremiah is an impressive document that unmasks pseudo-deities but at the same draws sharp lines between the group's identity and the "others," using women of the "others" as boundary markers.