Jeremiah 31:27-34

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • "The Kingdom of Heaven," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
  • Chapter XI, Chapter CXXIII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
  • IV.IX.1, IV.XXXIII.14, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • Chapter II, Chapter III, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
  • Chapter XI, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • VI.5, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • I.1, On The Apparel of Women, Tertullian (c. 202)
  • Chapter VI, Considering Repentance,  Tertullian (c. 203)
  • I.20, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 207)
  • II.15, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 208)
  • IV.1, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • Chapter VII, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
  • VIII.XL, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • From the Geneva Notes. (c. 1599)
    • "Though the covenant of redemption made to the fathers and this which was given later seemed varied, yet they are all one and grounded on Jesus Christ, save that this is called new, because of the manifestation of Christ and the abundant graces of the Holy Spirit given to his Church under the gospel."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary. (c. 1700)
    • "No man shall finally perish, but for his own sins; none, who is willing to accept of Christ's salvation."
  • From Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
    • "God makes the root of all this grace to be the free pardon, and the remission of their sins."
  • Salvation Taken into God's Own Hands, Edward Griffin, c. 1830.
    • "It is sometimes useful to contemplate the duties which are transferred to us as agents, and sometimes the hopes which arise from the agency of God. To the latter of these subjects our text naturally directs our attention."
  • "God in the Covenant; Jeremiah 31:33," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
    • "...the covenant of grace excels the other covenant most marvelously in the mighty blessings which it confers."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
    • "The same God who, as it were (in human language), was on the watch for all means to destroy, shall be as much on the watch for the means of their restoration."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Charles L. Aaron, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "We are most ready to hear these words when our own efforts are exhausted. When we are weary of our inner turmoil we are ready to hear Jeremiah."
  • Jeremiah 31:31-34, Lent 5B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "Deep in Our Hearts," Kate Huey, Weekly Seeds, iucc.org, 2009.
    • "Rescue and release ... restoration and return.... Jeremiah speaks of God's promises to the people of Israel while they are still in captivity, still in exile, steeped in loss and grief that have broken their hearts and their spirits, too."
  • Jeremiah 31:31-34, (Lent 5) Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • Jeremiah 31:27-34, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
  • Jeremiah 31:27-34, (Lent 5B) The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "Even with the new individual knowledge of God, the corporate side of the covenant relationship remains essential. Individuals, with their own experience of forgiveness and their ‘internalized’ law, are neither free from discipline nor without connection to the whole community of God’s people."
  • Join the Feast, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Cathy L. Smith, Union PSCE, 2009.
    • "The New Covenant will embrace everyone in the community of faith. God, not the community will create love and fidelity so that everyone 'from the least to the greatest' will know God."
  • Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 31:27-34, 20th Sunday after Pentecost (Year C), by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute.
    • "This text is basically about God and his willingness to work with humanity even in the face of recalcitrance, even sinful rejection of him as God. From this perspective, various Preaching Paths may unfold that have this theme at the center."
  • The New Covenant, James Arne Nestingen, The Lenten First Lessons, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Seminary, 1985.
    • "Until the new age drives the old into passing, God's friendship with us will have the marks of the cross, and Lent, as any other day in the life of faith, will be a time of repentance."
  • "Branded by God," Stacey Elizabeth Simpson, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
    • "The vision of Jeremiah 31:31-34 has an eschatological ring. Perhaps only in the eschaton will none of us need to be taught. Perhaps only then will we do intuitively what we have previously done out of duty."
  • "Jeremiah's Barbs," Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century, 1986. At Religion Online.
    • "It’s a sobering thought -- as surrogate parents, you and I are about as good as Jesus, on balance, is likely to find. If the love of God cannot be advanced through such as we, it is not likely ever to be advanced. It is time for us to grow out of our juvenile, neurotic absorption with our frailties and begin assuming our roles as God’s earthly parents."
  • "A Second Advent," Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century, 1983. At Religion Online.
    • "Even our doubts and dilemmas are only dark expressions of faith and hope. For had we not seen divinity in an infant, we would not be impelled to ask God why, having come so close, God still delays. Had we not been touched through the life and teachings of Jesus by the immediacy of the new covenant, we would not feel this pathos born of longing for a second advent."
  • Jeremiah 31:31-34, (Reformation) Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, B, C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • Jeremiah 31:27-34, Proper 29C, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
• Articles & Background:
  • "Jeremiah's Little Book of Comfort," poetic reflections by David Steele, Theology Today, 1986.
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  • Adeyemi, Femi, "What Is the New Covenant 'Law' in Jeremiah 31:33?" Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
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  • Bright, John, "An Exercise in Hermeneutics: Jeremiah 31:31-34," Interpretation, 1966.
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  • Brueggemann, Walter, "Texts that Linger, Words that Explode," Theology Today, 1997.
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  • Goetz, Ronald, "Jeremiah's Barbs," The Christian Century, 1986.
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  • Goetz, Ronald, "A Second Advent," The Christian Century, 1983.
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  • Greenberg, Ivan, "The Maturation of Covenant in Judaism and Christianity," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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  • Gustafson, Roger R., "Covenants Strained and Strengthened," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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  • Harrelson, Walter, "How to Interpret the Old Testament: The Central Issue between Christians and Jews," Review & Expositor, 2006.
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  • Hutton, Rodney R., "Are the Parents Still Eating Sour Grapes? Jeremiah's Use of the Masal in Contrast to Ezekiel," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
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  • Kaiser, Walter C., Jr., "The Old Promise and the New Covenant: Jeremiah 31:31-34," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1972.
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  • Karlberg, Mark W., "Legitimate Discontinuities between the Testaments," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1985.
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  • Lemke, Werner E., "Expository Article: Jeremiah 31:31-34," Interpretation, 1983.
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  • Nestingen, James Arne, "The Lenten First Lessons," Word & World, 1985.
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  • Potter, H.D., "The New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31-34," Vetus Testamentum, 1983.
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  • Rhymer, David, "Between Text & Sermon: Jeremiah 31:31-34," Interpretetation, 2005.
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  • Scalise, Pamela J., "The Logic of Covenant and the Logic of Lament in the Book of Jeremiah," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2001.
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  • Simpson, Stacey Elizabeth, "Branded by God," The Christian Century, 2000.
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  • Steele, David, "Jeremiah's Little Book of Comfort," Theology Today, 1986. Poetic Reflections.
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  • Wallis, Wilber B., "Irony in Jeremiah's Prophecy of a New Covenant," Journal of the Evangelical Society, 1969.
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  • Yates, Gary E., "Narrative Parallelism and the 'Jehoiakim Frame': A Reading Strategy for Jeremiah 26-45," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
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• Sermons:
  • "Behold, I am Doing a New Thing," Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the Foundations, 1955. At Religion Online.
  • "The Things We Dare Not Remember," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Tewell, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2003.
• Reviews:
  • Becking, Bob, Between Fear and Freedom: Essays on the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31. Brill, 2004. Review by Donald C. Raney, II, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
• With Children:
  • "I Will Write My Laws on their Hearts and Minds," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
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