An Ambiguous Oracle in the Prophecy against Elam (Jeremiah 49:34–39)
Jeremiah 49:38, the penultimate verse in the Bible’s only prophecy against Elam, reads: “Then I shall set my throne in Elam and exterminate king and princes from there—declares Yhwh.” It is argued here that the verse has two plausible and quite different meanings, that it was designed to convey both...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-190 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jeremiah Prophet ca. 600 BC
/ Throne
/ Polysemy
/ Ambiguity
/ Oracle
/ Elam
/ Bible. Jeremia 49,34-39
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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| Summary: | Jeremiah 49:38, the penultimate verse in the Bible’s only prophecy against Elam, reads: “Then I shall set my throne in Elam and exterminate king and princes from there—declares Yhwh.” It is argued here that the verse has two plausible and quite different meanings, that it was designed to convey both, and that as such it is a deliberately ambiguous oracle. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-bja10049 |