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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Baker, Robin

Titel

Jeremiah and the Balag-Lament? Jeremiah 8:18–23 Reconsidered

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Biblical literature, 2019-09, Vol.138 (3), p.587-604

Ort / Verlag

Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Literature Online (LION)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Commentaries on Jer 8:18-23 generally recognize that this celebrated passage represents a cohesive lament over the destruction facing Judah. Exegesis of the passage has been impaired, however, by the opacity of the lament's opening verse and particularly of its initial word, a notorious crux interpretum. In this article, I analyze the word in light of the Akkadian noun balaggu. I offer a new reading of the verse and explore the Mesopotamian cultural influences that appear to have been at work in the composition of the lament.