Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah
This article makes the case that the Jeremianic tradition construes the divine word as a mode of divine presence—indeed, a locus of hostile divine presence. This oft-neglected biblical conceptualisation of divine presence has the potential to call into question our submerged assumptions about the na...
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| description | This article makes the case that the Jeremianic tradition construes the divine word as a mode of divine presence—indeed, a locus of hostile divine presence. This oft-neglected biblical conceptualisation of divine presence has the potential to call into question our submerged assumptions about the nature of divine presence, absence, and hiddenness. The investigation traces the echoes of the mīs pî pīt pî rituals in Jeremiah 1 as well as the relationship between the word of Yhwh and the written word. The book of Jeremiah itself emerges as an embodiment of hostile divine presence. Jeremiah’s Deus Inimicus mysteriously abides in the Jeremianic scroll. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a23dd4dabc434766b0739e0415f7fa412023-12-01T07:20:00ZengSciendoPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University2284-73082023-12-0121442110.2478/perc-2023-0028Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of JeremiahFabrikant-Burke Olga01University of CambridgeThis article makes the case that the Jeremianic tradition construes the divine word as a mode of divine presence—indeed, a locus of hostile divine presence. This oft-neglected biblical conceptualisation of divine presence has the potential to call into question our submerged assumptions about the nature of divine presence, absence, and hiddenness. The investigation traces the echoes of the mīs pî pīt pî rituals in Jeremiah 1 as well as the relationship between the word of Yhwh and the written word. The book of Jeremiah itself emerges as an embodiment of hostile divine presence. Jeremiah’s Deus Inimicus mysteriously abides in the Jeremianic scroll.https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2023-0028jeremiahdivine presencedivine absencehostile divine presencedivine worddivine hiddennessmīs pî pīt pî |
| spellingShingle | Fabrikant-Burke Olga Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University jeremiah divine presence divine absence hostile divine presence divine word divine hiddenness mīs pî pīt pî |
| title | Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah |
| title_full | Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah |
| title_fullStr | Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah |
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| title_short | Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah |
| title_sort | deus inimicus divine word and hostile divine presence in the book of jeremiah |
| topic | jeremiah divine presence divine absence hostile divine presence divine word divine hiddenness mīs pî pīt pî |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2023-0028 |
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