Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,1 (2021) 11-29
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, Redaction
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible. Septuagint
;
Criticism, Textual
;
Intertextuality in the Bible
;
Collective memory Biblical teaching
;
Babylonia
;
Jerusalem (Israel) History 586 B.C.-70 A.D., Exilic and Second Temple period
Abstract:
The accounts of the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in Jeremiah 52 and 2 Kings 24:18–25:30 are virtually identical and seem to convey a unified memory of this historical event. However, a closer examination of the Hebrew and Greek texts reveals that these nearly identical accounts are the result of a longer process of textual changes. The unified memory on the surface conceals an underlying pluriformity of memories. A comparison between the account in 2 Kings 24:18–25:30 and the parallels in Jeremiah can thus serve as a case study on how the Babylonian conquest was construed as a cultural trauma in ancient Israel's collective memory.
DOI:
10.1628/hebai-2021-0003
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
Permalink
