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Jeremiah's new covenant : an Augustinian reading / Joshua N. Moon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal of theological interpretation supplements ; 3.Publication details: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 292 pages)Content type:
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  • 9781575066417
  • 1575066416
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jeremiah's new covenant.DDC classification:
  • 224/.20609 22
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  • BS1525.52 .M66 2011
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Jeremiah's new covenant in Jerome and Augustine -- Jeremiah's new covenant in high medieval theology -- The early modern reformed tradition -- 17th century reformed : the continued struggle -- The new covenant in modern discourse -- The context of the new covenant -- Jeremiah's new covenant : restitutio ad integrum -- Conclusions and theological directions.
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Summary: The struggle to read Jeremiah 31:31-34 as Christian Scripture has a long and divided history, cutting across nearly every major locus of Christian theology. Yet little has been done either to examine closely the varieties of interpretation in the Christian tradition from the post-Nicene period to the modern era, or to make use of such interpretations as helpful interlocutors. This work begins with Augustine's interpretation of Jer 31:31-34 as an absolute contrast between unbelief and faith, rather than the now-standard reading (found in Jerome) of a contrast between two successive religio-historical eras-one that governed Israel (the "old covenant") and a new era and its covenant inaugurated in the coming of Christ. Augustine's absolute contrast loosened the strict temporal concern, so that the faithful of any era were members of the "new covenant." The study traces Augustine's reading of an absolute contrast in a few key moments of Christian interpretation: Thomas Aquinas and high medieval theology, then the 16th and 17th century Reformed tradition. The thesis aims at a constructive reading of Jer 31:31-34, and so the struggle identified in these moments in the Christian tradition is brought into dialogue with modern critical discussions from Bernhard Duhm to the present. Finally, the author turns to an exegetical argument for an 'Augustinian' reading of the contrast of the covenants.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and indexes.

Based on the author's Ph. D. dissertation (St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews, 2007).

Jeremiah's new covenant in Jerome and Augustine -- Jeremiah's new covenant in high medieval theology -- The early modern reformed tradition -- 17th century reformed : the continued struggle -- The new covenant in modern discourse -- The context of the new covenant -- Jeremiah's new covenant : restitutio ad integrum -- Conclusions and theological directions.

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English.

The struggle to read Jeremiah 31:31-34 as Christian Scripture has a long and divided history, cutting across nearly every major locus of Christian theology. Yet little has been done either to examine closely the varieties of interpretation in the Christian tradition from the post-Nicene period to the modern era, or to make use of such interpretations as helpful interlocutors. This work begins with Augustine's interpretation of Jer 31:31-34 as an absolute contrast between unbelief and faith, rather than the now-standard reading (found in Jerome) of a contrast between two successive religio-historical eras-one that governed Israel (the "old covenant") and a new era and its covenant inaugurated in the coming of Christ. Augustine's absolute contrast loosened the strict temporal concern, so that the faithful of any era were members of the "new covenant." The study traces Augustine's reading of an absolute contrast in a few key moments of Christian interpretation: Thomas Aquinas and high medieval theology, then the 16th and 17th century Reformed tradition. The thesis aims at a constructive reading of Jer 31:31-34, and so the struggle identified in these moments in the Christian tradition is brought into dialogue with modern critical discussions from Bernhard Duhm to the present. Finally, the author turns to an exegetical argument for an 'Augustinian' reading of the contrast of the covenants.