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Jeremiah 29:5-7 reread through the lens of posttraumatic growth

Acta Theologica, 2023-12, Vol.43 (2), p.72-91 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 1015-8758 ;ISSN: 2309-9089 ;EISSN: 2309-9089 ;DOI: 10.38140/at.v43i2.7789

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  • Title:
    Jeremiah 29:5-7 reread through the lens of posttraumatic growth
  • Author: Li, X.
  • Subjects: Religion
  • Is Part Of: Acta Theologica, 2023-12, Vol.43 (2), p.72-91
  • Description: Jeremiah 29:5-7 is well known for exhorting the exiles to settle down and pray for the welfare of Babylon. The idea of settling down conflicts with the prophecy of returning home in the book of Jeremiah, and it sounds odd to encourage prayer for the enemy. Typical solutions focus on the strategy of survival. However, these solutions are not convincing enough because the language used in Jeremiah 29:5-7 indicates that the exhortation involves not survival but restoration. Given the background of national trauma behind the book of Jeremiah, this article proposes rereading Jeremiah 29:5-7 from the perspective of posttraumatic growth (PTG). Accordingly, the exhortation to settle down reflects the domain of appreciation of life in PTG, and the exhortation to pray for Babylon indicates the belief in a just world for self (BJW-self), which is closely related to PTG and entails forgiving others.
  • Publisher: University of the Free State
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1015-8758
    ISSN: 2309-9089
    EISSN: 2309-9089
    DOI: 10.38140/at.v43i2.7789
  • Source: Open Access: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
    Open Access: African Journals Online
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    ProQuest Central
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