Jeremiah's Egypt: Prophetic Reflections on the Saite Period is the first book-length work to highlight the importance of Egypt for understanding the historical context and literary development of the book of Jeremiah. Based on a comprehensive reconstruction of Egyptian-Judahite contact in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE, Aren M. Wilson-Wright shows that the numerous references to Egypt in the book of Jeremiah are highly personal reactions to the injustices perpetrated by the Egyptian regime and its self-serving Judahite collaborators, some of which see Babylon as a means of escaping Egyptian domination. Her analysis reveals that the key choice animating the book of Jeremiah is not Judahite autonomy versus Babylonian domination but rather Egyptian domination versus Babylonian domination.
By:
Aren M Wilson-Wright Imprint: Society of Biblical Literature Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 336g ISBN:9781628374629 ISBN 10: 1628374624 Pages: 226 Publication Date:12 May 2023 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active