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In the context of theological and philosophical discourse, Walter Brueggemann's work "Prophetic Imagination," Chapter, Prophetic Criticizing and the Embrace of Pathos, holds significant insights. Brueggemann states, "Jeremiah knew long before the others that the end was coming and that God had had enough of indifferent affluence, cynical oppression, In and In presumptive In religion. He knew that the freedom of God had been so grossly violated (as in Genesis 2-3) that death was at the door and would not pass over.

• Identify what you take to be the most important claims and/or arguments above and why. What is Brueggemann's central thesis, "The passion of this God who knows what time it is (Jer 8:7), God knows, and his prophet knows with him, that it is end time? "Provide a detailed and thorough response and an explanation to support your argument.
• What is Brueggemann's central argument on "The king does not know, never knows, what time it is because the king wants to banish time and live in an uninterrupted eternal now." *Provide a detailed and thorough response using (Jer 4:19-20) and an explanation to support your argument.
• Brueggemann's synthesis of the principle, perspective, history, and theology of "Yahweh is grieving and will not turn loose. The language permits Jeremiah's words to transcend the prophet's person. This grief will not be dismissed as the idiosyncrasy of Jeremiah, for it is nothing less than God's grief over his dead child found in (Jer 30:12-13) and (Jer 31:20) *Provide a detailed and thorough response and an explanation to support your argument.