Deuteronomy and the Emergence of Textual Authority in Jeremiah (eBook)

Nathan Mastnjak (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
272 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
9783161544026 (ISBN)

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The close relationship between Jeremiah and Deuteronomy has stood near the center of Jeremiah scholarship for over a century. Nathan Mastnjak brings new light to this phenomenon by subjecting every credible allusion to Deuteronomy in Jeremiah to detailed analysis with particular attention to interpretative processes and the dynamics of authority. By locating each allusion in the history of the composition of the book, the author traces a discernible shift in the perspective on Deuteronomy's authority. While early texts in Jeremiah allude to Deuteronomy as merely one prestigious literary work among others, it emerges as a religious textual authority in the later layers. These later layers construct and deploy Deuteronomy as an authority but are simultaneously constrained to transform it in the interest of religious innovation.

Born 1983; 2015 PhD, with honors, University of Chicago; currently Postdoctoral Fellow in Indiana University's Borns Jewish Studies Program.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Acknowledgements 8
Table of Contents 10
Chapter One: Introduction 14
I. History of Scholarship 15
II. Allusion 25
III. The Composition of Jeremiah 33
1. Deuteronomistic Redaction 34
2. Pre-Deuteronomistic Poetry and Narrative 40
3. Deuteronomistic Language vs. Allusion to Deuteronomy 41
IV. The Composition of the D Source 42
V. Authority and Scripture 44
VI. Allusion and Authority in Jeremiah 46
Chapter Two: Allusion And Prophetic Authority 50
I. Prophecy in D 50
II. Jeremiah as a Prophet like Moses 53
III. Jeremiah and Post-Mosaic Revelation 55
1. Jer 7:23 and Deut 5:33 55
2. Jer 11:1–5, Deut 27:15–26, and Exod 23:22 59
3. Jer 1:7–9 and Deut 18:18, 22 64
4. Jer 21:8–10 and Deut 30:15, 19 72
5. Jer 26:2 and Deut 13:1 77
6. Jer 28:8–9 and Deut 18:21–22 84
7. Jer 36:28 and Deut 10:1–2 or Exod 34:1 88
IV. False Prophecy 93
1. Jer 5:14 and Deut 18:18 93
2. Jer 29:15 and Deut 18:18 98
3. Jer 29:23 and Deut 18:20 101
4. Jer 28:16/29:32 and Deut 13:6 102
V. Conclusion 103
Chapter Three: Allusions To Deuteronomy 28 106
I. Allusions to Deut 28:25–26 110
1. Jer 15:3–4 and Deut 28:25–26 114
2. Jer 34:17, 20 and Deut 28:25–26 117
3. Jer 7:33 and Deut 28:26 119
4. Jer 16:4 and Deut 28:26 120
5. Jer 29:18 and Deut 28:25 121
6. Jer 19:7, 9 and Deut 28:26, 53 121
7. Jer 24:9 and Deut 28:25, 37 124
8. Conclusion 127
II. Jer 9:15, 16:13 and Deut 28:64 (36) 128
III. Jer 32:41 and Deut 28:63 132
IV. Jer 42:16 and Deut 28:60 134
V. Allusions to Deut 28 in non-DtrJ Passages 136
1. Jer 5:15–17 and Deut 28:49–52 136
2. Jer 28:14 and Deut 28:48 140
3. Jer 29:5–7 and Deut 28:30–32 142
VI. Conclusion 145
Chapter Four: Allusions To Law 148
I. Law as Authority 149
1. Jer 8:2 and Deut 17:3 150
2. Jer 17:19–27 and Deut 5:12–15 153
3. Jer 32:35 and Deut 18:9–10 157
4. Jer 34:14 and Deut 15:1, 12 159
5. The Authority of Law 165
II. Further Allusions to Law by DtrJ 167
1. Jer 13:11 and Deut 26:29 167
2. Jer 32:21–22 and Deut 26:3, 8–9, 15 170
3. Jer 31:29–30 and Deut 24:16 172
4. Jer 32:18–19 and Deut 5:9–10 174
III. Law as Metaphor 176
1. Metaphorical allusions to non-D law 176
2. Jer 3:1–4, 8 and Deut 24:1–4 178
3. Jer 5:21–24 and Deut 21:18–21 185
4. Jer 11:19 and Deut 20:19–20 186
5. Jer 34:17 and Deut 15:1, 12 190
6. Conclusion 191
IV. Spurious Claims of Allusions to D’s Law 193
V. Jeremiah and D’s Law 198
Chapter Five: Allusions To Narrative 202
I. Obedience 202
1. Jer 4:4 and Deut 10:16 202
2. Jer 5:24 and Deut 11:14 205
3. Jer 29:13–14a? and Deut 4:29 208
4. Jer 32:39–40 and Deut 5:29 213
5. Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, and Obedience 216
II. Other Allusions to Narrative 219
1. Jer 21:5 and a Deuteronomic Cliché 219
2. Jer 22:8–9 and Deut 29:23–25 220
3. Jer 33:5 and Deut 31:17–18 223
III. Conclusion 225
Excursus: Allusions to Jeremiah in Deuteronomy 228
I. Parallels to Deut 29 228
1. Deut 29:3 and Jer 5:21, 24:7 228
2. Deut 29:17–18 and Jer 23:15, 17 (4:10) 230
3. Deut 29:27 and Jer 21:5, 32:37 232
II. Parallels to Deut 32 232
III. Conclusion 239
Chapter Six: Conclusion 240
Bibliography 246
Index of Ancient Sources 260
I. Biblical Texts 260
II. Other Ancient Documents 270
Index of Modern Authors 271
Index of Subjects 273

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• ISBN-13: 9783161544026 / 9783161544026