TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill,John
TI  - Friend or foe?: the figure of Babylon in the book of Jeremiah MT 
T2  - Biblical interpretation series,
SN  - 9004114343
AV  - BS1525 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Leiden, Boston, Massachusetts
PB  - Brill
KW  - Bible
KW  - Jeremiah
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Originally presented as author's thesis; 1 (pages 219.-229) and indexes; I. Introduction --; II. Jeremiah and the Emergence of Metaphor --; III. Babylon in Jeremiah 2-24 Montana --; IV. Babylon in Jeremiah 25 Montana --; V. Babylon in Jeremiah 27 and 29 Montana --; Virgin Islands Babylon in Jeremiah 50-51 Montana --; Virgin IslandsI. Conclusion; 2
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
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