Jeremiah : pain and promise /
Kathleen M. O'Connor.
- 1st Fortress Press pbk. ed.
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2012, c2011.
- xii, 179 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Originally published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Imagining Lives: Historical Context -- 2.Hearts of Stone: Disasters and Their Effects -- 3.A Relentless Quest for Meaning: The Book of Jeremiah -- 4.A Family Comes Undone: The Metaphor of a Broken Family -- Jeremiah 2:1---4:4 -- 5.Fragmented Memories of Trauma: The War Poems -- Jeremiah 4:5---6:30; 8:16-17; 10:17-22; 13:20-27 -- 6.If Only Tears Were Possible: The Weeping Poems -- Jeremiah 8:22---9:11 -- 7.Telling a Life: Biographical Stories -- Jeremiah 1; 16:1-9; 20:1-6; 26; 32; 37:11---38:13; 40-43 -- 8.Survive by Praying: The Confessions -- Jeremiah 11:18---12:6; 15:1-21; 17:14-18; 18:18-23; 20:7-13, 14-18 -- 9.Encoding Catastrophe: The Sermons -- Jeremiah 7:1---8:3; 11:1-14; 17:19-27 -- 10.Rekindling Hope: The Little Book of Consolation -- Jeremiah 30-31 -- 11.Running Out of Strength: Endings -- Jeremiah 45; 50-51; 52 -- 12.Confusion as Meaning-Making: The Composition of the Book.