This commentary illumines Jer 26-52 through historical literary feminist and postcolonial
analysis. Ideologies of subjugation and resistance are entangled in the Jeremiah traditions.
The reader is guided through narratives of extreme violence portrayals of iconic allies and
adversaries and complex gestures of scribal resilience. Judah's cultural trauma is refracted
through prose that mimics Neo-Babylonian colonizing ideology dramatic scenes of survival and
poetry alight with the desire for vengeance against enemies. The commentary's historical and
literary arguments are enriched by insights from archaeology feminist translation theory and
queer studies.
