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Tsunami, hurricane, and Jeremiah 4:23-28.

From: Biblical Theology Bulletin  |  Date: 6/22/2007  |  Author: Kim, Hyun Chul Paul

Abstract

Jeremiah 4:23-28 depicts one of the most stunning visions and imagery in the Hebrew Bible. The language and metaphors portray large scale devastation, an un-creation, of the entire world. Paying attention to the hermeneutical features of the metaphor and intertextuality, this study explores the ways in which this text is intended to be read and interpreted in dialogue with other interrelated texts, such as the creation accounts and flood narrative in Genesis. The ...

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