Jeremiah's Egypt : prophetic reflections on the Saite period / by Aren M. Wilson-Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson-Wright, Aren M., 1988- author.

Series:

Ancient Near East monographs ; v. 30.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--In the Bible.

Egypt.

Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.

Jews--History--953-586 B.C.

Jews.

Bible. Jeremiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Jeremiah (Biblical prophet).

Jeremiah.

Bible. Jeremiah.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages : maps)

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, [2023]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : a return to Egypt

In the shadow of empire : the Saite period in Judah

Winners and losers : varieties of Judahite experience during the Saite period

Fulminating against the Pharaoh : anti-Saite oracles in the book of Jeremiah

At home abroad : texts relating to the Egyptian diaspora in the book of Jeremiah

Lions gone wild : Jeremiah 51:38-39, the Egyptian destruction of humanity myth, and the Judahite diaspora in Egypt

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781628374636

1628374632