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<p>This article makes the case that the Jeremianic tradition construes the divine word as a mode of divine presence—indeed, a locus of <italic>hostile</italic> 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 <italic>mīs pî pīt pî</italic> rituals in Jeremiah 1 as well as the relationship between the word of Yhwh and the written word. The book of Jeremiah <italic>itself</italic> emerges as an embodiment of hostile divine presence. Jeremiah’s <italic>Deus Inimicus</italic> mysteriously abides in the Jeremianic scroll.</p>
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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.

<italic>Deus Inimicus</italic>: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah

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: 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....

Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah

Published Online: Nov 24, 2023

Page range: 4 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2023-0028

Keywords
Jeremiah, divine presence, divine absence, hostile divine presence, divine word, divine hiddenness,

© 2023 Olga Fabrikant-Burke, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Deus Inimicus: Divine Word and Hostile Divine Presence in the Book of Jeremiah

Published Online: Nov 24, 2023

Page range: 4 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2023-0028

KeywordsJeremiah, divine presence, divine absence, hostile divine presence, divine word, divine hiddenness,

© 2023 Olga Fabrikant-Burke, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Jeremiah, divine presence, divine absence, hostile divine presence, divine word, divine hiddenness,