[b-hebrew] Syntax of Jeremiah 15:12
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Tue Jan 4 11:38:05 EST 2005
At 11:15 AM 1/4/2005, you wrote:
>Plus, I am really looking for _syntactical_ help here. Note that NRSV and
>JPS generate _opposite_ questions from this sentence: "Can iron and bronze
>break iron?" NRSV vs. "Can iron break iron and bronze?" JPS. I need a
>"sentence diagram," but I can't quite figure what to put where.
>
>Chris
For Christmas I got all three volumes of Jack Lundbom's commentary on
Jeremiah in the Anchor Bible. Here's how he renders 15:12-- "Can iron
break iron from the north and bronze?" He recommends that we disassociate
"iron from the north" from "foe from the north". Further, the phrase
refers to Jeremiah himself (cf 1:18). "The meaning is then: 'can iron-clad
enemies break an even stronger iron and bronze Jeremiah? Answer: of course
not!"
This interpretation has a lot to commend it.
Jim
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