In the book of Jeremiah gendered imagery appears in central passages. A first of its kind
this study follows the development of these gendered images through the entire prophetic book.
Feminist hermeneutics and literary approaches join to show that female imagery in particular
substantiates the theological movement of Jeremiah from call to repentance in the face of death
and destruction through remembrance in mourning to an eschatological vision of redemption in
exile. Further theological considerations of power dynamics bring the ancient texts in
conversation with contemporary contexts reading and challenging Jeremianic theology from the
perspectives of current feminist liberation theologies.
