The Prophet Jeremiah, Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo (1510-1512). Are the False Prophets in Jeremiah Best Understood As Imagined Opponents? Photo: Wikipedia.
The book of Jeremiah brims with scathing denunciations of what it casts as “false prophecy.” Scholars have long sought to reconstruct the historical realities presumed to stand behind Jeremianic discourse about prophetic conflict. The study of inner-biblical interpretation provides a productive…Read More