Additions to Jeremiah

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Additions to Jeremiah

• Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah

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In the Septuagint

• Jeremiah short version and order
• Baruch
• Lamentations
• Letter of Jeremiah

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Baruch
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Books Named Baruch

• (First) Baruch This book
• Second (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch
• Third (Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch
• Fourth Baruch Ethiopic title
• Paraleipomena Ieremiou Greek title

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Baruch in Jeremiah

• 326-15 purchase of field
• 36 the two scrolls
• 431-7 taken to Egypt
• 45 Jeremiahs discouraging message for Baruch

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Structure of Baruch

• Introduction 11-14
• Prayer 115 38
• Praise of Wisdom 39 44
• Compare Job 28, Sirach 24
• Zion
• Jerusalems address to people 45-29
• Address to Jerusalem 430 59

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Miscellaneous

• Exile and return
• Cf. second Exodus theme in Deutero-Isaiah
• Attitude towards Babylonian rulers?
• Do the parts of Baruch fit together?

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Letter of Jeremiah
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In the Vulgate

• Jeremiah long form
• Lamentations of Jeremiah
• Baruch
• Letter of Jeremiah

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Structure of Book

• Superscription (1)
• Warning to Exiles-to-be (2-7)
• Ten arguments against the idols (8-72)
• with refrain
• Conclusion of argument (73)

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Miscellaneous

• Why does this letter get attached as the final
  chapter to Baruch rather than Jeremiah in the
  Vulgate?
• How would these arguments work against
  twenty-first century American idolatries?
• Are these arguments any different than those used
  by Islam against Christianity?