Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Citations
- Introduction
- 1 The Hermeneutics of Citation: Jeremiah 26
- 2 The Identification of Legitimate Israel: Jeremiah 27–32:15
- EXCURSUS 1 THE REDACTION OF JEREMIAH 1–25:13+OAN
- EXCURSUS 2 THE REENGAGEMENT OF THE ROYAL LINE IN JEREMIAH 33:14–26
- 3 The Standards of Faith and Intermediation: Jeremiah 34–36
- 4 The Fall of Judah, the Descent into Egypt, and Baruch ben Neriah: Jeremiah 37–45
- EXCURSUS 3 THE “WORDS OF JEREMIAH” AND SERAIAH'S COLOPHON IN THE MT AND LXX TRADITIONS
- 5 The Polemics of Exile
- 6 The Exilic Coalition between the Shaphanides and Levites
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Scriptural and Extra-Biblical Texts Index
- Subject Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Citations
- Introduction
- 1 The Hermeneutics of Citation: Jeremiah 26
- 2 The Identification of Legitimate Israel: Jeremiah 27–32:15
- EXCURSUS 1 THE REDACTION OF JEREMIAH 1–25:13+OAN
- EXCURSUS 2 THE REENGAGEMENT OF THE ROYAL LINE IN JEREMIAH 33:14–26
- 3 The Standards of Faith and Intermediation: Jeremiah 34–36
- 4 The Fall of Judah, the Descent into Egypt, and Baruch ben Neriah: Jeremiah 37–45
- EXCURSUS 3 THE “WORDS OF JEREMIAH” AND SERAIAH'S COLOPHON IN THE MT AND LXX TRADITIONS
- 5 The Polemics of Exile
- 6 The Exilic Coalition between the Shaphanides and Levites
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Scriptural and Extra-Biblical Texts Index
- Subject Index
Summary
the debate with the ezekiel tradition circle brings to light a number of important considerations regarding the ideological and literary connections between the Jeremianic material and the Deuteronomistic works. Isolating Deuteronomistic language in the book of Jeremiah is not enough to suggest a broad or systematic redaction of older documents that initially had little in common with Deuteronomistic concerns. As observed in the Introduction to the present study, material often ascribed to Jeremiah on a compositional level was already inherently Deuteronomistic before undergoing any redactional activity. It is possible to speak of a broad, systematic Deuteronomistic redaction of the Jeremianic material only insofar as both Jeremiah and the author of the Supplement were already associated with the circles responsible for the composition and compilation of the Deuteronomistic works that emerged in the preexilic period. The prophet himself was strongly inspired by the literature that emerged under Josiah and conceived his own work as an extension of and commentary on that literary enterprise during the years of Josiah's reform and following Josiah's death.
DEUTERONOMISTIC THOUGHT IN EXILE
The author of the Supplement presupposed the basic compatibility of these works and integrates them into his own, interspersing Jeremianic oracles and episodes from the prophet's life with narratives that pick up where the Josianic DH left off. The author also shapes Jeremianic oracles with an eye to Deuteronomy, developing elements of the prophet's positions and opinions into exhortations that emulate those of Moses (i.e., Jer 42; 43:1).
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- The Polemics of Exile in Jeremiah 26-45 , pp. 177 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007