Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew II: Jeremiah

Harvard FAS

The book of Jeremiah tells the final chapters of the kingdom of Judah's story, as its last kings cling to power amid collapsing alliances, ultimately ending with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of its temple. These poems and narratives overflow with insight on matters theological, philosophical, political, literary, and linguistic, raising questions of covenant and betrayal, exile and hope, the cost of unwelcome truths, and a broken people's search for restoration. This course…