Deuteronomy and the Emergence of Textual Authority in Jeremiah

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Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction

I. History of Scholarship

II. Allusion

III. The Composition of Jeremiah

1. Deuteronomistic Redaction

2. Pre-Deuteronomistic Poetry and Narrative

3. Deuteronomistic Language vs. Allusion to Deuteronomy

IV. The Composition of the D Source

V. Authority and Scripture

VI. Allusion and Authority in Jeremiah

Chapter Two: Allusion And Prophetic Authority

I. Prophecy in D

II. Jeremiah as a Prophet like Moses

III. Jeremiah and Post-Mosaic Revelation

1. Jer 7:23 and Deut 5:33

2. Jer 11:1–5, Deut 27:15–26, and Exod 23:22

3. Jer 1:7–9 and Deut 18:18, 22

4. Jer 21:8–10 and Deut 30:15, 19

5. Jer 26:2 and Deut 13:1

6. Jer 28:8–9 and Deut 18:21–22

7. Jer 36:28 and Deut 10:1–2 or Exod 34:1

IV. False Prophecy

1. Jer 5:14 and Deut 18:18

2. Jer 29:15 and Deut 18:18

3. Jer 29:23 and Deut 18:20

4. Jer 28:16/29:32 and Deut 13:6

V. Conclusion

Chapter Three: Allusions To Deuteronomy 28

I. Allusions to Deut 28:25–26

1. Jer 15:3–4 and Deut 28:25–26

2. Jer 34:17, 20 and Deut 28:25–26

3. Jer 7:33 and Deut 28:26

4. Jer 16:4 and Deut 28:26

5. Jer 29:18 and Deut 28:25

6. Jer 19:7, 9 and Deut 28:26, 53

7. Jer 24:9 and Deut 28:25, 37

8. Conclusion

II. Jer 9:15, 16:13 and Deut 28:64 (36)

III. Jer 32:41 and Deut 28:63

IV. Jer 42:16 and Deut 28:60

V. Allusions to Deut 28 in non-DtrJ Passages

1. Jer 5:15–17 and Deut 28:49–52

2. Jer 28:14 and Deut 28:48

3. Jer 29:5–7 and Deut 28:30–32

VI. Conclusion

Chapter Four: Allusions To Law

I. Law as Authority

1. Jer 8:2 and Deut 17:3

2. Jer 17:19–27 and Deut 5:12–15

3. Jer 32:35 and Deut 18:9–10

4. Jer 34:14 and Deut 15:1, 12

5. The Authority of Law

II. Further Allusions to Law by DtrJ

1. Jer 13:11 and Deut 26:29

2. Jer 32:21–22 and Deut 26:3, 8–9, 15

3. Jer 31:29–30 and Deut 24:16

4. Jer 32:18–19 and Deut 5:9–10

III. Law as Metaphor

1. Metaphorical allusions to non-D law

2. Jer 3:1–4, 8 and Deut 24:1–4

3. Jer 5:21–24 and Deut 21:18–21

4. Jer 11:19 and Deut 20:19–20

5. Jer 34:17 and Deut 15:1, 12

6. Conclusion

IV. Spurious Claims of Allusions to D’s Law

V. Jeremiah and D’s Law

Chapter Five: Allusions To Narrative

I. Obedience

1. Jer 4:4 and Deut 10:16

2. Jer 5:24 and Deut 11:14

3. Jer 29:13–14a? and Deut 4:29

4. Jer 32:39–40 and Deut 5:29

5. Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, and Obedience

II. Other Allusions to Narrative

1. Jer 21:5 and a Deuteronomic Cliché

2. Jer 22:8–9 and Deut 29:23–25

3. Jer 33:5 and Deut 31:17–18

III. Conclusion

Excursus: Allusions to Jeremiah in Deuteronomy

I. Parallels to Deut 29

1. Deut 29:3 and Jer 5:21, 24:7

2. Deut 29:17–18 and Jer 23:15, 17 (4:10)

3. Deut 29:27 and Jer 21:5, 32:37

II. Parallels to Deut 32

III. Conclusion

Chapter Six: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

I. Biblical Texts

II. Other Ancient Documents

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects