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Jeremiah 1-25 / Peter C. Craigies, Page H. Kelley, Joel F. Drinkard, JR.

Jr. Drinkard, Joel F., Kelley, Page H., Craigies, Peter C.

This volume of the Word Biblical Commentary series is a fitting tribute to the reknowned Bible scholar Dr. Peter Craigie. At the time of his death Dr. Craigie had completed his analysis of the Book of Jeremiah through the third verse of Chapter 8. His colleagues picked up his pen and, having divided the task among themselves, completed the manuscript, following the same format Dr. Craigie had established in the early chapters.

The result is a unique commentary, a volume launched by the distinct and well-informed perspective of Dr. Craigie's scholarship, but at the same time a volume enriched by the combined insights of other experts in this genre of biblical writing.

Dr. Page Kelley penned the critical commentary from 8:4 through Chapter 16, and then passed the baton to Dr. Joel Drinkard, who carried the work through Chapter 25. Dr. Gerald Keown provided an updated and expanded bibliography. Dr. Gerald Morris added a list of ancient commentaries. Dr. Thomas Smothers contributed the essay, "The Historical Background of Jeremiah."

Few sections of the Old Testament have attracted more scholarly attention in recent decades than the prophetic writings of Jeremiah. If this commentary offered nothing more than its extensive bibliographical notation, this expert help in familiarizing us with the gamut of works on Jeremiah would by itself be a feat worthy of praise.

In the section he was able to finish, Dr. Craigie argues convincingly that contemporary scholarship would do well to pay closer attention to the copious biographical data this Bible book contains about the prophet himself. "In the book of Jeremiah," the late Dr. Craigie reminds us, "the figure of the prophet himself emerges as a truly human character." While admitting that modern readers and scholars probably lack sufficient evidence to explain once and for all how the Book of Jeremiah was put onto paper in its present form, Dr. Craigie insists in these pages that the compelling picture of the man Jeremiah offers us the essential key for unlocking the truths in the work which bears his name.

Series: Word Biblical Commentary

DR. PETER C. CRAIGIE was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Calgary. He received the M.A. in Semitic languages from the University of Edinburgh, the Dip. Theol. from the University of Durham, the M.Th. from the University of Aberdeen, and the Ph.D. from McMaster University. His publications include the Word Biblical Commentary on Psalms 1-50.

DR. JOEL DRINKARD is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received the Ph.D. in 1980. He has also studied at Oxford University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Chicago and is author of numerous articles and reviews in professional journals and reference books.

DR. PAGE H. KELLEY is Professor of Old Testament interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He holds the Th.D. from that institution and has studied at Harvard Divinity School and Cambridge University, in addition to sabbatical studies in Israel and Southeast Asia. Previous publications include commentaries on Amos, Isaiah, and Malachi.

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