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The Levite Scribes, Part 2
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The Jeremiah tradition extends the Deuteronomistic project, presenting scribes as the levitical bearers of Jeremiah’s prophetic teachings. This is rooted in Jeremiah’s own Levite heritage, alongside strong indications that he was enculturated in Deuteronomistic scribalism. What is implicit in Deuteronomy is made explicit in Jeremiah vis-à-vis the scribal transmission process and the relationship between Levite scribes and revelation: Jeremiah 36 and 51:59–64a are especially significant in fleshing out the intimate and even genetic relationship between the potency of YHWH’s divine word and the pen of (Levite) scribes. The texts they created—especially the precursor to the MT Jeremiah tradition—emerge as surrogate sanctuaries wherein identity is anchored in literary form. To transmit and teach these texts was to maintain and redefine who was, or who could be, part of Israel in exile.
Title: The Levite Scribes, Part 2
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The Jeremiah tradition extends the Deuteronomistic project, presenting scribes as the levitical bearers of Jeremiah’s prophetic teachings.
This is rooted in Jeremiah’s own Levite heritage, alongside strong indications that he was enculturated in Deuteronomistic scribalism.
What is implicit in Deuteronomy is made explicit in Jeremiah vis-à-vis the scribal transmission process and the relationship between Levite scribes and revelation: Jeremiah 36 and 51:59–64a are especially significant in fleshing out the intimate and even genetic relationship between the potency of YHWH’s divine word and the pen of (Levite) scribes.
The texts they created—especially the precursor to the MT Jeremiah tradition—emerge as surrogate sanctuaries wherein identity is anchored in literary form.
To transmit and teach these texts was to maintain and redefine who was, or who could be, part of Israel in exile.
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