The Polemics of Exile in Jeremiah 26-45

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
Note on Citations......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
THE THEORY OF HOMELAND VERSUS GOLAH REDACTIONS......Page 21
JEREMIAH THE PROPHET AND THE DEUTERONOMISTIC TRADITION......Page 25
JEREMIAH 26–45: AN EXILIC "SUPPLEMENT" TO THE JEREMIANIC CORPUS......Page 27
DATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPPLEMENT......Page 29
THE SUPPLEMENT IN THE TEXTUAL VARIANTS OF JEREMIAH AND IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT......Page 33
CHAPTER 1 The hermeneutics of citation: jeremiah 26......Page 41
THE CITATION OF THE TEMPLE SERMON (JEREMIAH 26:4–6)......Page 42
THE CITATION OF MICAH 3:12 (JEREMIAH 26:18)......Page 46
THE PROPHETIC WORD AND THE SCRIBAL WORD......Page 49
THE CITATION OF THE URIAH EPISODE (JEREMIAH 26:20–23)......Page 51
CHAPTER 2 The identification of legitimate israel: jeremiah 27–32:15......Page 55
REDACTIONAL CONSISTENCY AND PROPHETIC POLEMICS: JEREMIAH 27 AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO JEREMIAH 26......Page 56
PROPHETS BY NAME: JEREMIAH 28–29......Page 60
JEREMIAH'S 70-YEAR PROPHECY......Page 63
THE SEQUENCE OF COMPOSITION IN JEREMIAH 28–29......Page 64
RESTORING THE ORACLES OF RESTORATION: JEREMIAH 30–31......Page 66
THE NEW COVENANT (JEREMIAH 31:31–34)......Page 71
EXPANDING THE PROMISE: JEREMIAH 31:38–40 AND 32:1–15......Page 76
EXCURSUS 1: The redaction of jeremiah 1–25:13+oan......Page 82
EXCURSUS 2: The Reengagement of the Royal Line in Jeremiah 33:14–26......Page 88
THE ANTICIPATION OF THINGS TO COME: JEREMIAH 34:1–7......Page 98
THE CRITIQUE OF EMPTY RITUAL: JEREMIAH 34:8–22......Page 100
THE HERMENEUTICS OF ORGANIZATION: THE AUTHOR'S QUALIFICATION OF JEREMIAH'S ORACLES......Page 106
THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE OF JEREMIAH 35......Page 110
HISTORICITY AND IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA IN JEREMIAH 35......Page 113
THE URROLLE: ITS TRUSTEES AND ITS ADVERSARIES IN JEREMIAH 36......Page 115
THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN JEREMIAH 36 AND 2 KINGS 22......Page 117
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JEHOIAKIM'S REACTION TO THE URROLLE......Page 119
THE "SERVANTS" OF JEHOIAKIM......Page 120
THE SCRIBES AND THE TORAH......Page 121
THE PURPOSE OF THE ORACLE AGAINST JEHOIAKIM (JEREMIAH 36:30)......Page 124
THE LITERARY SEQUENCE OF JEREMIAH 34–36......Page 125
RECKONING WITH HISTORY......Page 127
CHAPTER 4 The fall of judah, the descent into egypt, and Baruch ben Neriah: Jeremiah 37–45......Page 129
THE PRESENTATION OF ZEDEKIAH......Page 133
THE BROADENING RIFT BETWEEN THE OFFICERS AND THE SCRIBES......Page 134
GEDALIAH'S TENURE AT MIZPAH......Page 136
ISHMAEL'S MASSACRE AND THE REMNANT'S RESPONSE......Page 140
DEUTERONOMISTIC FORMS AND IDEOLOGY IN JEREMIAH 42......Page 142
THE THREAT OF FOREIGN STATUS IN JEREMIAH 42–43......Page 146
JEREMIAH 44: THE DISOWNING OF THE EGYPTIAN REMNANT......Page 147
JEREMIAH 44 AND THE OAN: POLEMICAL IMPLICATIONS VIA LITERARY CONTEXT......Page 150
THE REDACTIONAL AND HERMENEUTICAL PURPOSE OF JEREMIAH 45......Page 152
BARUCH B. NERIAH AND THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE SUPPLEMENT......Page 154
EXCURSUS 3: The "Words of Jeremiah" and Seraiah's Colophon in the MT and LXX Traditions......Page 158
CHAPTER 5 The polemics of exile......Page 161
RECONSIDERING THE MT AND LXX SEQUENCES......Page 162
THE SONS OF NERIAH IN RELATION TO THE MT AND LXX SEQUENCES......Page 167
THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THE COMPOSITION OF THE SUPPLEMENT......Page 168
THE EZEKIEL TRADITION......Page 172
THE POLITICS BEHIND EZEKIEL'S PROGRAM......Page 175
THE SCRIBAL COUNTERSTRATEGY......Page 177
CHAPTER 6 The Exilic Coalition between the Shaphanides and Levites......Page 182
LEVITICAL ACTIVITY AND DEUTERONOMIC AUTHORITY IN EXILE......Page 183
THE LEVITICAL CONCERNS OF THE SUPPLEMENT......Page 184
DEUTERONOMISTIC THOUGHT IN EXILE......Page 193
METHODOLOGICAL AND HERMENEUTICAL INFLUENCE OF THE JEREMIANIC CORPUS IN THE DH......Page 196
SUBSEQUENT SCRIBAL ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS......Page 200
THE INFLUENCE OF THE JEREMIANIC CORPUS ON THE BOOKS OF ISAIAH AND CHRONICLES......Page 203
IMPLICATIONS FOR RABBINIC THOUGHT......Page 206
Introduction......Page 211
1. The hermeneutics of citation: jeremiah 26......Page 222
2. The identification of legitimate israel: jeremiah 27–32:15......Page 227
Excursus 1......Page 238
Excursus 2......Page 240
3. The standards of faith and intermediation: jeremiah 34–36......Page 243
4. The fall of judah, the descent into egypt, and baruch ben neriah: jeremiah 37–45......Page 255
Excursus 3......Page 268
5. The polemics of exile......Page 269
6. The exilic coalition between the shaphanides and levites......Page 280
Conclusion......Page 287
Bibliography......Page 295
Author index......Page 315
Scriptural and Extra-Biblical Texts Index......Page 320
Subject Index......Page 332