Witnessing a Prophetic Text in the Making: The Literary, Textual and Linguistic Development of Jeremiah 10:1-16

Noam Mizrahi

Published by De Gruyter 2017

Witnessing a Prophetic Text in the Making

The Literary, Textual and Linguistic Development of Jeremiah 10:1-16

Noam Mizrahi

Volume 502 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110530162

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About this book

The book of Jeremiah poses a challenge to biblical scholarship in terms of its literary composition and textual fluidity. This study offers an innovative approach to the problem by focusing on an instructive case study. Building on the critical recognition that the prophecy contained in Jer 10:1-16 is a composite text, this study systematically discusses the various literary strands discernible in the prophecy: satirical depictions of idolatry, an Aramaic citation, and hymnic passages. A chapter is devoted to each strand, revealing its compositional development—from the earliest recoverable stages down to its late reception. A range of pertinent evidence—culled from the literary, text-critical, and linguistic realms—is examined and sets within broader perspectives, with an eye open to cultural history and the development of theological outlook.
The investigation of a particular text has important implications for the textual and compositional history of Jeremiah as a whole. Rather than settling for the common opinion that Jeremiah developed in two main stages, reflected in the MT and LXX respectively, a nuanced supplementary model is advocated, which better accords with the complexity of the available evidence.

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Noam Mizrahi, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: From cult to polemic (Jer 10:2–5, 8–9, 14–16) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 2: From wisdom to hymn (Jer 10:12–13) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 3: Language and identity (Jer 10:11) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 4: From nature to history (Jer 10:10) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Synthesis and conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 242
Keywords: Jeremiah; textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible; Hebrew philology and language; anti-idolatry polemics

eBook

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110530162

Hardcover

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110522594

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Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110645590