Chapter 5: Abimelech’s Sleep and the Preservation of the Figs

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. INTRODUCTION
5. I. Greek Texts and Versions 3
6. II. Title and Genre 8
7. III. Structure 13
8. IV. Major Themes and Motifs 16
9. V. Original Language and Style 24
10. VI. Jewish or Christian? 27
11. VII. Scriptural Intertextuality 34
12. VIII. Extra-Canonical Literary Relationships and Compositional History 41
13. IX. Date, Place, Sitz im Leben 57
14. X. Reception History and Modern Scholarship 67
15. XI. Bibliography 71
16. COMMENTARY
17. Chapter 1: Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem 85
18. Chapter 2: Lamentation of Jeremiah and Baruch 112
19. Chapter 3: The Preservation of the Temple Vessels and Abimelech 127
20. Chapter 4: Destruction and Exile 177
21. Chapter 5: Abimelech’s Sleep and the Preservation of the Figs 204
22. Chapter 6: Baruch’s Letter to Jeremiah 257
23. Chapter 7: Jeremiah’s Letter to Baruch 310
24. Chapter 8: The Origin of the Samaritans 371
25. Chapter 9: Jeremiah’s Vision and Martyrdom 393
26. List of Abbreviations 457
27. Index of References 485
28. Index of Names and Subjects 630