The Book of Jeremiah MT and Early Second Temple Conflicts about Prophets and Prophecy

Abstract

"In memory of the late Robert Carroll, in recognition of his enormous contribution to Jeremiah scholarship, and in thanks for his generous encouragemen t. Among the various contlicts in the second temple period were those about the place of prophets and prophecy in the life of the community. In explaining the nature of these contlicts, scholars have given consideration mostly to texts drawn from collections such as Isaiah 56-66, Ezekiel 40-48, and Zechariah 9-14. 1 There is little or no mention of texts from the book of Jeremiah. In this article I want to propose that the Jeremiah tradition in its MT recension (MTJer) should also be counted among those biblical texts which retlect late Persian or early Greek period contlicts about prophecy and prophets"