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Using your study Bible, your textbook, the PowerPoint presentations, and your class notes, answer thoroughly the questions in the following prompt.
We have observed that the prophet Jeremiah is the most “Deuteronomistic” of the prophets. He insists on covenant loyalty and proclaims the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians as God’s just punishment for violating the commandments. However, the destruction of the Temple, the loss of the land, and the disappearance of the Davidic monarchy pose difficult problems for the prophets of the Exile and for other post-exilic writings.
Describe, in as many ways as you can, the impact of the destruction of Temple in Jerusalem, the end of the Davidic dynasty, the loss of The Land, and the Exile in Babylon on the theology and literature of ancient Israel. Specifically, in what ways do the various post-exilic writings constitute a re-thinking of Deuteronomic Theology? How does the theological perspective of the exilic and post-exilic books respond to the events surrounding the Exile? How do these works compare with Deuteronomic Theology as expressed in the book of Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History? Which theological ideas are preserved in the exilic/post-exilic literature? Which ideas are criticized? What new ideas emerge?
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