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Is it not relevant here that "Jeremiah" has become a byword for a pessimist? -- DominicSayers 07:48, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
"Both versions are heavily edited and reflect the perspectives of later ages" - this appears prejudicial at least from the standpoint that there are alternative views and explanations for the differences. Since the majority of the Book of Jeremiah is preserved with about 15-17% variance in content (not order of content), to say the book is heavily edited can be misunderstood. It would be better to explain what is meant by heavily edited, and give at least a paragraph or two on why that paradigm is better than the concept that contents have been preserved. JohnRajendra ( talk) 13:17, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
That change also required the source to include p.85 in addition to p.86."Scholars have had differing opinions as to how to reconstruct the historical aspects of the Book of Jeremiah due to the differences each version contains when compared with each other."
The current contents section says that Jeremiah is arranged in 5 subsections, or "books". However, the division it describes scatters its "books" among the chapters. clearly doesn't reflect the book's actual organization, but rather, some commentator's views of how to categorize the contents. Could the commentatot's views be sourced, pleased? Otherwise this appears to be original research.
The Hebrew title of this work, according to the Hebrew Wikipedia, is ספר ירמיהו, which translates to The Book of Jeremiah in English.
But, this work wasn't composed entirely in Hebrew. As the article itself states, verse 10:11 was in Aramaic. Yet, there is no mention here of how the work is referred to commonly in Aramaic, nor whether said title also translates to The Book of Jeremiah in English. For that matter, there is not even a mention of this work on the Aramaic Wikipedia.
allixpeeke ( talk) 01:34, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
It has come down in two distinct though related versions, one in Hebrew, the other known from a Greek translation.[3]
What is distinctive, other than the language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pspadaro ( talk • contribs) 12:06, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
Should this article mention that if one goes by word count, the Book of Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible? To me, this would make a good addition to the start of the article. YTKJ ( talk) 10:51, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
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Is it not relevant here that "Jeremiah" has become a byword for a pessimist? -- DominicSayers 07:48, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
"Both versions are heavily edited and reflect the perspectives of later ages" - this appears prejudicial at least from the standpoint that there are alternative views and explanations for the differences. Since the majority of the Book of Jeremiah is preserved with about 15-17% variance in content (not order of content), to say the book is heavily edited can be misunderstood. It would be better to explain what is meant by heavily edited, and give at least a paragraph or two on why that paradigm is better than the concept that contents have been preserved. JohnRajendra ( talk) 13:17, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
That change also required the source to include p.85 in addition to p.86."Scholars have had differing opinions as to how to reconstruct the historical aspects of the Book of Jeremiah due to the differences each version contains when compared with each other."
The current contents section says that Jeremiah is arranged in 5 subsections, or "books". However, the division it describes scatters its "books" among the chapters. clearly doesn't reflect the book's actual organization, but rather, some commentator's views of how to categorize the contents. Could the commentatot's views be sourced, pleased? Otherwise this appears to be original research.
The Hebrew title of this work, according to the Hebrew Wikipedia, is ספר ירמיהו, which translates to The Book of Jeremiah in English.
But, this work wasn't composed entirely in Hebrew. As the article itself states, verse 10:11 was in Aramaic. Yet, there is no mention here of how the work is referred to commonly in Aramaic, nor whether said title also translates to The Book of Jeremiah in English. For that matter, there is not even a mention of this work on the Aramaic Wikipedia.
allixpeeke ( talk) 01:34, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
It has come down in two distinct though related versions, one in Hebrew, the other known from a Greek translation.[3]
What is distinctive, other than the language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pspadaro ( talk • contribs) 12:06, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
Should this article mention that if one goes by word count, the Book of Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible? To me, this would make a good addition to the start of the article. YTKJ ( talk) 10:51, 2 April 2023 (UTC)