Literary Devices in Book of Jeremiah
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
The book takes place in Ancient Judah, during the span of Jeremiah's prophetic mission—from roughly 630 to 580 BCE. It's a time of immense suffering, warfare and destruction. The destruction of t...
Genre
In short, "Prophecy" is a genre that records the stuff prophets say, which happens to be the same things God says since prophets speak with the voice of God. The genre also typically includes stori...
What's Up With the Title?
The title is Jeremiah's name: "Jeremiah." There, done—we can go home.But we won't, because we want to point out how deeply the book goes into Jeremiah's character. His book's worthy of his name b...
What's Up With the Ending?
The last chapter of Jeremiah is a recap of the destruction of Jerusalem and the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity. We've seen these events before, but we get to see them repeated over again: Ze...
Trivia
Jeremiah was right about the Ark of the Covenant. Yeah, look it up—he was right. When's the last time you saw the Ark of the Covenant? Oh… we forgot about that Raiders of the Lost Ark marathon....
Sex Drugs And Violence Rating
A guy gets his eyes plucked out? Say no more. We could make the case for PG-13, since so much of it's just prophecy—all talk and no action. But there's action too, and it's pretty bloody. We see...
Allusions
Martin BuberBuber was one of the most (probably the most) influential Jewish thinker of the 20th century. The Book of Jeremiah influenced him, not so much because Jeremiah was a prophet of doom but...