Jeremiah Source Material

by Bobcat 51 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Bobcat

  Here are some threads dealing with various aspects of Jeremiah or the Jeremiah Book:

  The Book Gentile Times Reconsidered and Jer 25:12. See here.

  Review of photos and illustratios from the Jeremiah Book. See here.

  Did Jeremiah write Jeremiah and Lamentations? See here.

  Thread on Jeremiah 25:11, 609-539 BC. See here.

  Thread on Jeremiah 29:8-21 and the August 2012 Oral Review. See here.

  Question on the 70 years issue, with sub links. See here.

  Highlights from Jeremiah chapter 29. See here.

  When did the WT claim to be prefigured by Jeremiah and/or Ezekiel? See here.

  Getting the correct translation of Jeremiah 29:10. See here.
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  Bobcat

  More threads related to Jeremiah and/or the Jeremiah Book.

  Did Jeremiah endorse the Law? See here. See also here.

  WT quote on Jeremiah 29:10. See here.

  Were Daniel and Jeremiah contemporaries? See here.

  Jeremiah 10:3-5, a Christmas tree? See here.

  Jeremiah 25:11, 12; MT vs. LXX. See here.

  Jeremiah 25:12 vs. Zechariah 1:12. See here.
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  Bobcat

  Yet more Jeremiah and Jeremiah Book threads:

  607 wrong using only the Bible. See here.

  WT 11/1/2011, When was Jerusalem Destroyed - Part I. See here.

  Includes sub-links to parallel threads.

  WT 11/1/2011, When was Jerusalem Destroyed - Part II. See here.

  This is a super thread with numerous sub-links, and historical data.

  Review of 5/29/2011 WT study article on Jeremiah. See here.

  Analysis of anti-607 rebuttals, i. e. attempts to prove 607 true. Long thread with many counter points. See here.

  Michael Jursa, British Museum, and 607 v 587. See here.

  (Note to self: This covers 1st 5 pages of Search on "Jeremiah.")
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  Bobcat

  Page 108, par. 12.

  Another thread about Geoffrey Jackson and the experience with the 15 year old who becomes a translator. See here.
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  Jeffro

  Years ago, I did a verse-by-verse study of the Jeremiah book on my own. No, not the Watch Tower Society's 'Jeremiah' book. The actual Jeremiah book. The one in the Bible. And I found it to be quite different to what is postulated in JW doctrine.

  Later, when the Watch Tower Society released its 'Jeremiah' book, 'imagine' my 'surprise' to find it wasn't actually a verse-by-verse consideration of the Bible book.
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  *lost*
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  Phizzy

  The WT don't like doing verse by verse considerations as it exposes their false teachings.

  The laughably looney "Revelation Climax" book has to leave out most of a verse here and there for this reason.

  They also came a cropper with Ed Dunlap's "Commentary on James", because Ed did such a good job, people were being guided to true Christianity, which of course is the anti-thesis of WT teaching.
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  Bobcat

  Jeffro:

  I remember back in 78-79ish the Wt had a series of study articles on the book of Jeremiah. These articles gave me a love for the book of Jeremiah. So I will credit the WT for helping instill in me an enjoyment of the book.

  Those articles basically formed the book of Jeremiah around four main characters: Jeremiah = F&DS; Few good people that helped Jeremiah = Great Crowd, Bad Jewish leaders = Christendom's clergy, Everybody else = Everybody else.

  I've since read the NICOT-Jeremiah commentary and the NAC-Jeremiah commentary and have found them to be far more informative and unbiased.

  Take Care
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  Jeffro

  Bobcat:

  Those articles basically formed the book of Jeremiah around four main characters: Jeremiah = F&DS; Few good people that helped Jeremiah = Great Crowd, Bad Jewish leaders = Christendom's clergy, Everybody else = Everybody else.

  They do like their 'classes' don't they?! I wonder if anyone has ever pointed them to James 2:4...

  Sorry, who was everybody else again?
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  Bobcat

  Page 115 par. 3

  This was curious to me. The last part of the paragraph states:

  Note the invitation that the Hearer of prayer extended through Jeremiah in the tenth year of King Zedekiah. "Call to me, and I shall answer you and readily tell you great and incomprehensible things that you have not known." (Jer. 33:3) If the king and the renegade nation called to God, He could reveal things "incomprehensible" to them, the desolation of Jerusalem and its restoration after 70 years.

  Note again what the paragraph states about the "incomprehensible things" ("hidden things," ESV; "remarkable secrets you do not know," NIV; "mysterious things," NET):

  "the desolation of Jerusalem and its restoration after 70 years."

  Of course, the "70 years" should read "50" (or "51") years (587 to 537). But that aside, it is curious what they could have mentioned, based on the content of what Jeremiah chapter 33 goes on to talk about, versus the rather mundane thing they did mention. The chapter is a remarkable prophecy about a future "righteous sprout for David," and allusions to the New Covenant (cmp vs. 8 with Jer 31:31-33), and with similarities to Isaiah 61 which Jesus read in Luke chapter 4 and said was being fulfilled then.