A01=Arasakumar Rayappan
Arasakumar
Author_Arasakumar Rayappan
Category=QRMF19
Cosmic
Divine
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exegese
Human
new testament
Rayappan
Relationship
religion
Struggle
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- ISBN 9783631385210
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 2002
- Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Paperback
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The book of Jeremiah presents the biblical story of the divine - cosmic - human relationship with a special focus on its divine dimension. Yahweh, who loves his people passionately and longs to be loved by them, undergoes an inner struggle since his expectations go unfulfilled. The disloyalty of his chosen people and their defiling of his precious land grieve him to the heart. Justice demands punishment, but the very thought of punishing his people is painful to him. Even when he allows the judgement to take its course, he suffers with his people and with nature which also bears the consequences of sin and judgement. Jer 9 articulates this divine agony in Yahweh's own words. The text offers great challenges to us in the age of globalisation and ecological crises.
The author: Arasakumar Rayappan, born in 1960, is a diocesan priest working in Ahme-dabad (Gujarat, India). He completed his basic philosophical and theological studies at Nagpur and Trichy (1978-1989) and his master's degree in biblical theology at Pune (1993). Having obtained his doctorate in OT biblical theology from the University of Innsbruck in September 2001, he is now member of the staff of the reginal seminary in Gujarat.
