Like Fire in the Bones features Brueggemnn's landmark essays on the prophet Jeremiah, helping readers hear Jeremiah's voice as an important message for today.

Topics examined in the chapters include:

Jeremiah's use of rhetorical questions
Theology in Jeremiah
Next steps in Jeremiah studies
When Jerusalem gloats over Shiloh
A second reading of Jeremiah after the dismantling

Walter Brueggemann is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia, USA. He has written many books on Old Testament theology.