The Exegesis of Jeremiah in and beyond Ezra 9-10
It is generally recognized that the prohibition against marriage with “foreign” women in Ezra 9-10 reflects a view among the repatriated gola community in Persian Yehud that non-repatriated Jewish groups should be viewed as ethnic outsiders; the chapters draw from Pentateuchal legal traditions (espe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2015, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-80 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jeremiah
/ Reception
/ Bible. Ezra 9-10
/ Ethnic identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Ezra
Aaronides
prophecy
Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Deuteronomy
ethnicity
exegesis
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| Summary: | It is generally recognized that the prohibition against marriage with “foreign” women in Ezra 9-10 reflects a view among the repatriated gola community in Persian Yehud that non-repatriated Jewish groups should be viewed as ethnic outsiders; the chapters draw from Pentateuchal legal traditions (especially Deuteronomy) to justify this position. Several scholars have noted that this partisan/sectarian ideology has roots in the Ezekiel tradition, which informs much of Ezra 7-Nehemiah 13. Nevertheless, a direct antecedent for identifying the homeland women as “foreign” may be found in the book of Jeremiah, which served as the hermeneutical key for the exegetical goals of Ezra 9-10. This connection was recognized by the later Aaronide authors of Ezra 1-6, who amplified and redirected the implications of this relationship by inaugurating their addition to the corpus with a reference to Jeremiah’s oracles. By so doing, they extended Aaronide hegemony over Ezra 7-Nehemiah 13, incorporating it and its exegetical engagement of prophetic material into their own priestly-scribal curriculum. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341179 |