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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819023903321

Autore

Mizrahi Noam <1975->

Titolo

Witnessing a prophetic text in the making : the literary, textual and linguistic development of Jeremiah 10:1-16 / / Noam Mizrahi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-053000-7

3-11-053016-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (502 pages)

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, , 0934-2575 ; ; Volume 502

Classificazione

BC 6785

Disciplina

224.206

Soggetti

RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: From cult to polemic (Jer 10:2–5, 8–9, 14–16) -- Chapter 2: From wisdom to hymn (Jer 10:12–13) -- Chapter 3: Language and identity (Jer 10:11) -- Chapter 4: From nature to history (Jer 10:10) -- Synthesis and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of sources -- Index of authors -- Index of words and phrases

Sommario/riassunto

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.