Planting gardens: Mesopotamian influence on a Hebrew trope in Jeremiah 29
The version of the ‘building and planting’ conceptual pair found in Jeremiah 29:5 differs from the standard trope used elsewhere within the Hebrew Bible; it is the only example in which the object to be planted is a garden (גנה). Awareness of the exilic community’s Mesopotamian context potentially...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2020]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jeremiah Prophet ca. 600 BC
/ Geschichte 600 v. Chr.
/ Esarhaddon Assyria, King -669 BC
/ Garden
/ Plants (Motif)
/ Exile
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions
B Jeremiah 29 B Esarhaddon B Agriculture B Gardens B Nippur |
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