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| Title: Jeremiah under Jehoiakim according to Josephus (Ant. 10.89-95) Secondary Title: Abr. Volume: 33 Pages: 1-17 Type: Journal Article Year: 1995 Abstract: Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 42.3 (1998), 537: "This investigation of Josephus' treatment of Jeremiah 26 (LXX 33) in Antiquities 10:89-93a and of Jeremia 36 (LXX 43) in 10:93b-95, respectively, focuses on the text-form(s) that Josephus used, his rewriting techniques (juxtaposition, reduction, replacement, additions), and the reasons why he included these narratives at all".
Ruiten J.T.A.G.M. van in: JSJ 28.4 (1997), 465-466: "The purpose of this essay is to examine the markedly abridged and juxtaposed version of Jeremiah 26 [LXX 33] and Jeremiah 36 [LXX 43] found in Josephus' Antiquitates Judaicae 10:89-95. It involves a comparison between the Joephan passage and its Biblical source chapters as represented by MT, LXX, and Targum Jonathan on the Latter Prophets. There are several instances of an agreement between Josephus and distinctive MT readings of Jer. 36, e.g., the reading of the book in Jehoiakim's fifth year, and the double designation of Baruch as "the scribe", but there as also indications of Josephus' possible acquaintance with an LXX-like text of Jeremiah: Jeremiah's book concerns the fate of "the city", while the explicit "theological note" of MT 36:26 is absent in Ant. 10.95 just as it is in LXX 43:26. As far as the rewriting techniques are concerned, B. points to the juxtaposition of Jeremiah 26 and 36 which in the Book of Jeremiah itself are seperated by ten chapters. This juxtaposition serves to highlight the parallelism betweem the incidents recorded in the source narratives. The most striking features of Josephus' rewriting are reduction of their respective contents, e.g., passing over various sections of both chapters tout court, while drastically shortening others, and replacement of Biblical data with formultions of his own. With his rewriting Josephus creates a muc more concise, generalized version of the episodes in question, and more focused and parallel than their diffuse and widely separated Biblical counterparts. With his rewriting he is able to present readers with an outstanding precedent for his own conduct and fate during the Jewish war". Keywords: Antiquities |