TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill,John
TI  - Friend of foe?: the figure of Babylon in the book of Jeremiah MT 
SN  - 9004114343 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BS1525.6.B3 H55 1999
U1  - 224/.2064 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Leiden, Boston, Mass.
PB  - Brill
KW  - Bible
KW  - Jeremiah
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Prophecies
KW  - Babylon (Extinct city)
KW  - Biblical teaching
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and indexes; I. Introduction -- II. Jeremiah and the Emergence of Metaphor -- III. Babylon in Jeremiah 2-24 MT -- IV. Babylon in Jeremiah 25 MT -- V. Babylon in Jeremiah 27 and 29 MT -- VI. Babylon in Jeremiah 50-51 MT -- VII. Conclusion
N2  - "This work presents a literary interpretation of Babylon in the book of Jeremiah MT. It moves beyond historical-critical approaches, which have long dominated Jeremiah research, and shows that metaphor is central to a synchronic reading of the book."--BOOK JACKET. "The study shows that Babylon is a multi-layered metaphor: at one level it is the archetypal enemy of both Judah and its God; at another level it is metaphorically identified with Judah. The study also explores the idea of the unended exile, and shows how this idea, so central to post-exilic Judaism, is also found in the book of Jeremiah MT."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -