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| Title: Le texte de Jérémie utilisé par Flavius Josèphe dans le Xe livre des Antiquités Judaiques Pages: 11-36 Type: Generic Year: 1992 Abstract: "After discussing the ancient textual traditions of teh book of Jeremiah, the article investigates how Josephus used material from Jeremiah in Antiquities 10:84-185. Josephus' narrative is especially dependent on Jeremiah 26, 36-43, and 52. Significant readings show Josephus' clear dependence on a long, Semitic (perhaps Aramaic) edition of Jeremiah. An appendix argues that the last verse of Callimachus' Epigrams 55 is a quotation of Isa 14:12 (LXX). - D.J.H. Modern research has distinguished two different editions of the book of Jeremiah, one short (LXX particularly), the other long, highly revised (all other witnesses, including MT). Hebrew fragments of both editions have been found at Qumran. Although the critical LXX text published by J. Ziegler and BHS's MT have been commonly used for literary criticism, there is a need for a critical Hebrew edition based on all extant witnesses. The book of Baruch, translated into Greek by the translator of Jeremiah 29-52 (LXX), follows Jeremiah without a clear-cut break in some MSS. This raises the possibility that Baruch (its 1:1-3:8 at least) was the conclusion of a short Hebrew edition of Jeremiah. P. then compares Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 10:84-185 with the book of Jeremiah. He concludes that Josephus draws on Jeremiah 26; 36-43; 52; it thus appears that Josephus used the long edition of the book. At the same time, it is likely that Josephus used an Aramaic text of Jeremiah, rather than an hypothetical Greek version. P. also studies possible relations between Isa 14:12 (LXX) and the last verse of Callimachus' Epigram 55. If Callimachus is quoting the LXX text, as is likely, the LXX translation of Isaiah (and possibly of the other Prophets as well) could date to c. 250 B.C., i.e., a century before the date usually proposed by modern scholars. [Published abstract--John Rybolt]" Keywords: Relation of Josephus to Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, and Rabbinic Literature |