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An ‘undervalued’ salvation oracle in the book of Jeremiah: Jeremiah 50:4–5 (Masoretic text)

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
The present article sets out to demonstrate that the promise of an eternal covenant in Jeremiah 50:5 plays a pivotal role in the book of Jeremiah Masoretic text (MT).
Marius D. Terblanche
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Assyria and Babylon in the Oracles against the Nations Tradition

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2021
I attempt to make a fresh start on the subject of the interaction between the Isaiah prophets and Mesopotamian culture. The results will probably surprise and even alarm, since they threaten to overturn a great deal of previous scholarship and to gore a number of sacred cows.
Scurlock
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JEREMIAH 51:15-19 (MT): AN “UNINTENTIONAL” LINK BETWEEN THE ORACLES AGAINST BABYLON AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH

Acta Theologica, 2018
The oracles against Babylon seem to be an anomaly in the Book of Jeremiah. The doxology in Jeremiah 51:15-19 (MT) does, however, serve as a link between these oracles and the remainder of the book of Jeremiah. By giving the impression of being a deliberate quotation of 10:12-16, 51:15-19 takes the reader back to 10:1-16, a composition in which the ...
M. Terblanche
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Jeremiah 50-51 (MT) as Catalyst in the Development of Babylon as a Symbol of Oppressive Empire

Old Testament Essays
The figure of Babylon became a symbol of any oppressive empire in Jewish as well as Christian literature. This essay proposes that the particular placement of the oracles against Babylon as attested in the Masoretic Text of the book of Jeremiah was a ...
Marius Daniel Terblanche
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Unveiling the depths of trauma and the profound impact of rape and shaming on the Babylonian women in Isaiah 13:16 – A trauma and resilience reading of the violent narrative in Isaiah 13:16 [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The book of Isaiah is one of the world’s oldest surviving resistance literature. Isaiah 13 describes God who collects an army for the battle against Babylon which will lead to Babylon’s utter desolation and destruction.
Elizabeth (Liza) Esterhuizen
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The end of the oppressive empire is at hand: The thrust of the oracles in Jeremiah 50–51 Masoretic text

Verbum et Ecclesia
The article seeks to bring the effect of the encounter with the Neo-Babylonian Empire on the oracles in Jeremiah 50–51 Masoretic text (MT) to the fore. In these oracles, the Babylonian imperial claim of global rule from Babylon as a manifestation of the ...
Marius D. Terblanche
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’n Besinning oor die identiteit van die knuppel van die HERE in Jeremia 51:20

In die Skriflig
A reflection on the identity of the club of Yahweh in Jeremiah 51:20: This article reflected on the identity of the club of Yahweh referred to in Jeremiah 51 v.20. Various solutions have been offered.
Marius D. Terblanche
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Detection of Class 1 Integron and Antibiotic Resistance of β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Four Hospitals in Babylon, Iraq

Medical Journal of Babylon, 2023
Background: The emergence of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli is a major public health threat worldwide. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the sensitivity pattern and class 1 integron of E.
Alaa H. Al-Charrakh, MohammedJasim Khulaif   +1 more
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The Oracles against Babylon in Jeremiah 50-51: Structures and Perspectives [PDF]

Tyndale Bulletin, 1984
Kenneth T. Aitken
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JEREMIAH 51:15-19 (MT):

Acta Theologica, 2018
The oracles against Babylon seem to be an anomaly in the Book of Jeremiah. The doxology in Jeremiah 51:15-19 (MT) does, however, serve as a link between these oracles and the remainder of the book of Jeremiah.
M D Terblanche
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