Polemics of Exile in Jeremiah 26-45

Klappentext This book examines an important collection of texts in the book of Jeremiah. Zusammenfassung In demonstrating how the trustees of Jeremiah's prophetic legacy made their case for authority! this book reveals how Israelite religion evolved into early Judaism! in which scribes eclipsed prophets and priests as the mediators of divine will! and in which the interpretation of text became a mode of divine revelation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The hermeneutics of citation: Jeremiah 26; 2. The identification of legitimate Israel: Jeremiah 26-32:15; Excursus 1. The redaction of Jeremiah 1-25:13+OAN; Excursus 2. The re-engagement 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.

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• Authors: Mark Leuchter, Mark (Hebrew College Leuchter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521182768
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18276-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations