Jeremiah and the Balag-Lament? Jeremiah 8:18-23 Reconsidered
Commentaries on Jer 8:18-23 generally recognize that this celebrated passage represents a cohesive lament over the destruction facing Judah. Exegesis of the passage has been impaired, however, by the opacity of the lament's opening verse and particularly of its initial word, a notorious crux in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2019]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 138, Issue: 3, Pages: 587-604 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Bible. Jeremia 8,18-23
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| Summary: | Commentaries on Jer 8:18-23 generally recognize that this celebrated passage represents a cohesive lament over the destruction facing Judah. Exegesis of the passage has been impaired, however, by the opacity of the lament's opening verse and particularly of its initial word, a notorious crux interpretum. In this article, I analyze the word in light of the Akkadian noun balaggu. I offer a new reading of the verse and explore the Mesopotamian cultural influences that appear to have been at work in the composition of the lament. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1383.2019.656113 |