Jeremiah Through the Centuries. Mary Chilton Callaway
The Cistern as Spiritual Prison (38:1–6). Ebed‐Melek Rescues Jeremiah (38:7–13) Jeremiah’s Lie (38:24–27)
40 Jeremiah 39: Zedekiah Captured (39:4–7) Ebed‐Melech Becomes Abimelech (39:15–18)
41 Jeremiah 40–43: How Did the Prophet Escape the Burning City? (40:1–6) The Murder of Gedaliah (40:7– 41:17) How Long, O Lord? (42:7) The Stones of Tahpanhes (43:8–13)
42 Jeremiah 44: Uppity Women (44:15–19) Martyrdom of Jeremiah
43 Jeremiah 45:
45 Glossary
46 Bibliography
48 Index
List of Illustrations
1 IntroductionFigure 1 Rembrandt van Rijn, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of JerusalemFigure 2 Jeremiah with scroll and Ark. Wall fresco in the synagogue at Dura ...Figure 3 John of Damascus, Sacra Parallela. Bibliothèque Nationale de France...Figure 4 Prophet Jeremiah. Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna. De Agostini Pict...Figure 5 Ms Or 20 f. 13v The Prophet Armia, miniature from the “Jami’ al‐Taw...Figure 6 Headpiece to Jeremiah in the Coverdale Bible 1535. Reproduced by pe...Figure 7 The Prophet Jeremias. Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. Icones ...Figure 8 Jeremiah before Zedekiah. Theatrum Biblicum 1643. Rare Books Divisi...Figure 9 Title page of Michael Ghislerius, In Ieremiam prophetam commentariiFigure 10 Frontispiece to Jérémie, Poëme en Quatre Chants, by M. Demara...Figure 11 A children’s Jeremiah from Charles Foster, Bible Pictures and What...Figure 12 Jeremiah resists the government. D.C. Comics, Picture Stories from...Figure 13 Jeremiah pictured as the young reader of Arthur S. Maxwell’s, The ...Figure 14 Jeremiah models resisting ridicule. My Book of Bible Stories, Watc...Figure 15 Jeremiah bullied. Children’s story Bible from the early twentieth ...Figure 16 Louis Rosenthal charity medal, 1938. Private collection.Figure 17 Marc Chagall, Solitude, 1933. Tel Aviv Museum of Art. © Artists Ri...Figure 18 “Lamentation for the Ages.” Doug Johnson.
2 Chapter 1Figure 19 Jeremiah as author of his book.Figure 20 Jeremiah 1:1. Cornelius Martinus Spanghoe, 1784. Private collectio...Figure 21 The birth of Jeremiah and its allegory.Figure 22 Jeremiæ the Prophet. Matthäus Merian, Iconum Biblicarum 1630. Priv...Figure 23 A nineteenth‐century imagining of Jeremiah receiving God’s call. F...Figure 24 God places the word in a receptive Jeremiah’s mouth. British Libra...Figure 25 Winchester Bible, f148. ©The Dean & Chapter of Winchester, 2019. R...Figure 26 Contemporary reception of Jeremiah’s commission. Visual Theology. ...Figure 27 Benjamin West, The Call of Jeremiah, 1782. Musée des Beaux‐Arts de...Figure 28 Political cartoon from Flugblätter der Reformation und des Bauernk...Figure 29 The boiling pot. Engraving by Matthias Scheits for Tableaux de vie...
3 Chapter 5Figure 30 “Was Jeremiah speaking to you?” Advertisement from the Saturday Ev...
4 Chapter 8Figure 31 Jeremiah’s birds. Frank Beard, Picture Puzzles, or How to Read the...Figure 32 Election Day Sermon “The Balm of Gilead” preached in Cape Cod in 1...
5 Chapter 9Figure 33 Saul Rabino, “Jeremiah.” 1935 lithograph. Private collection.Figure 34 Title page of Fons Lachrymarum with illustration of King Charles. ...Figure 35 Icones Mortis Sexaginta Imaginibus 1648. Bridwell Library Special ...
6 Chapter 10Figure 36 Caricature of Erasmus as Jeremiah. Hans Holbein 1509. Print Collec...
7 Chapter 13Figure 37 Jeremiah weeps in the English Civil War.
8 Chapter 18Figure 38 Jeremiah’s potter as an allegory for the conversion of Saul.
9 Chapter 19Figure 39 Jeremiah smashes the jug. Brown’s Self‐Interpreting Family Bible...
10 Chapter 20and21Figure 40 Jérémie in Paris. “Le Grande‐Prêtre Frappe Jérémie.” M. Desmarais ...Figure 41 The Children of the Bible: As Examples and Warnings. Frances M. Ca...Figure 42 Sculpture by Andrew Mabanji. Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN....Figure 43 Jeremiah’s curse as medieval allegory condemning contemporary bish...
11 Chapter 26and28Figure 44 Theatrum Biblicum. 1674. Rare Books Division, The New York Public ...
12 Chapter 29Figure 45 A contemporary Jeremiah adopts Jer 29:19 to warn inhabitants of Ne...
13 Chapter 30andc31Figure 46
14 Chapter 36Figure 47 Figure 48 Jehoiakim watches while Jehudi burns Jeremiah’s scroll. Hans Sebal...Figure 49 King Jehoiakim burns Jeremiah's scroll. Jan Luykens in Christoph W...Figure 50 King Jehoiakim burns Jeremiah's words. Christoph Weigel, Biblia ec...
15 Chapter 37and38Figure 51 Page from Fontaine's 1670 student story‐Bible, with picture by Mat...Figure 52 A baroque Jérémie in Paris. M. Demaris, Jérémie, Poëme en quatre C...Figure 53 From an eighteenth‐century family Bible published in Leeds, Englan...Figure 54 Jeremiah lowered into the cistern. From an English family Bible, 1...Figure 55 Jeremiah in the cistern for American Christians. By permission of ...Figure 56 Ebed Melek rescues Jeremiah. Jan Luyken, 1712. Private collection....Figure 57 Ebed Melek directs Jeremiah’s rescue. Bernard Picart. Courtesy of ...Figure 58 Jeremiah rescued by Ebed Melek rescues Jeremiah. William Gunning K...Figure 59 An American Ebed Melek for children. Herbert Rudeen 1959. Private ...
16 Chapter 39Figure 60 Abimelech