The oracle of deliverance for Ebed-Melech, the cushite

This book examines the oracle of deliverance that Yhwh communicated to Ebed-melech, the Cushite (Jer 39,15-18). In order to comprehend this analeptically presented promise, however, the research also scrutinizes two other related events in Jeremiahs mission in the context of Jer 3739: i) the unpleasant incident in which the Jerusalem officials maliciously threw the Lords messenger into the muddy cistern (Jer 38,16) and ii) Ebed-melechs benevolent intervention to rescue the prophet from the water reservoir (Jer 38,7-13). In this monograph, the author uses the historical-critical method and rhetorical & narrative analyses.