For a purely topical analysis of the book, sec Dr. Da vidson , in H orne's Introd. new ed. ii, 870 sq. The exact chronological position of some of the projihecies is exceeding- ly difficult to determine. The principal predictions r: I -.ting to the JMcssiali are found in chapter xxiii. 1-8; xxx, 31-40; xxxiii, 14-20 (Ilengsteidjerg's C'/iris/ofoi/ie, iii, 495-019). — Kitlo.
5. The following are the special exegetical works on the whole of Jeremiah's prophecies, to a few of the most important of which we pretix an asterisk [*] : Origen, flomilke (in 0pp. iii, 125) ; also Selecta (ibid, iii, 287) ; Ephraem Syrus, Explanatio (Syriac and Lat. in 0pp. v, 98) ; Jerome, In Jer. (in 0pp. iv, 833) ; Theodoret, Inter- 2^retatio (Greels, in 0pp. II, i) ; Rabanus Maurus, Com- menturii (in 0pp.) ; Kupertus Tuitiensis, In Ilierem. (in 0pp. i, 466) ; Thomas Aquinas, Commentarii (in 0pp. ii) ; Melancthon, Arf/umentum (in 6|/)/). ii) ; Arama, C'^'i^X, etc. [includ. Isa.] (Vcn. 1608, 4to; also in Frankfurter's Rabb. Bible); Zuingle, Comj^lanatio (Tiguri, 1531, fol.; also in 0pp. iii); (Ecolampadius, Commentarii [includ. Lam.] (Argent. 1533, 4to); Bugenhagen, Ad/iotn/iones (Vitemb. 1546, 4to) ; De Castro, Conin/uiturins [ inrlud. Lam. and Banich] (Par. 1559, ^logunt. KiKi, fol.i; Zi- cliemius, Emirrationes (Colon. 1559, 8vo) ; I'intus, Com- nii'iitariiis [includ. Isa. and Lam.] (Lugdun. 1561, 1584, 1590, Salniaut. 1581, fol.); Calvin, Prcelectiones (Genev. ].",(!:!, l.-,7(;. \:,X'.\ fol.; in French, ib. 1565, fol.; trans, in llnglish by < )wen, Edinburgh, 18.50, 5 vols.Svo) ; Strigel, Ciiiiriiinrs (jjps. 1.566, 8vo); Seluecker, Aiislefpivg (Lpz. l.'iC.i;, 4to) ; IJnlllnger, ('m/i-iones (Tigurini, 1575, folio); Taillepieil, r.,„„»,«^(,-///.s- (Par. 1.583, 4to); Ileilbruiuier, (liKv.-itidiirs (Lnuing. l.'i^O, f^vo) ; Capella, Commoitaria (Tarracoii. 1,')H6, 4to); ¥\gmero, Parajihrasis (Lugdun. 1596, 8vo); Brenz, Commentaria (in Opp. iv) ; Brough- ton, Commentariux [includ. Lam.] ((icneva, 1606, 4to) ; Polan, Commentarius [includ. Lam.] (Basil. 1608, 8vo) ; .Sanctius, Commentariiis [includ. Lam.] (Lugdun. 1018, fol.) ; A Lapide. In .Jerem. etc. (Antw. 1621, iFoL); (ihis- ler, (^ommeiitdriiis (Lugd. 1633,3 vols, fol.); De Beira, Coimdei-aliones- (Olyssip. 1633, fol.); Hulsemann, Com- mentarius [includ. Lam.] (Rudolphop. 1663, Li]is. 1696, 4to) ; Forster, Couunenturius (Vitemb. 1672, 1699, 4to) •,
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Mt'mg, Commmtarius (Amst, 1688, folio; also m 0pp. i, 649); *Seb. Schmidt, Comment arius (Argent. 1685, Fr. ad M. 1697, 1705, 2 vols. 4to); De Sacy, Exp)llr(ition (in French, Paris, 1691, 12mo) ; Noordbeek, vmt/'jincie (Franck.l701,4to); *Lowth, Commentary [incliid. Lam.] (Lend. 1718, 4to ; also in the " Commentary of Patrick," etc.) ; Petersen, Zeugniss (Francf. 1719, 4to) ; Rapel, Pre- digten (Lunenb. 1720, 1755, 2 vols. 4to) ; Ittig, Predvjten (Dresden, 1722, 4to); Michaelis, Ohservaiiones [on parts, incliid. Lara.] (Gotting. 1743, 4to) ; Biirscher, Erlduter- tm<i (Leipzig, 1756, 8vo) ; Venema, Commentarius (Leov. 1765, 2 vols. 4to); *Blayney, AVes [includ. Lam.] (Oxf. 1784, 4to; 3d ed. Lond."l836, 8vo); Schnurrer, Ohserva- iiones [on parts] (Tub. 1793-4, 4 pts. 4to; also in Velt- husen et cet. Comment, ii-iv) ; Leiste, Observatioiies [on parts] (Gotting. 1794, 8vo, and also in Pott, et cet. Com- ment, ii) ; Spoiin, Nairn (Lips. 1794-1824. 2 vols. 8vo) ; Yolborth, Amnerkunr/en (Celle, 1795, 8vo) ; Uhrich, De Vulib. saa-is (Dresden, 1797, 4to) ; Schiilz, Scholia (No- rimburg, 1797, 8vo) ; Hensler, Pemerkunrjen [on parts] (Lpz. 1805, 8vo); Dereser, Erkldrnnrj [includ. Lam. and Baruch] (F. ad M. 1809, 8vo) ; Shalom-Kohen, Ueher- setzung [with Hebrew commentary] (Fiirth, 1810, 8vo) ; *Horsley, Notes [including Lam. ] (in Bibl. Crit. ii, 1) ; Gaab, Erkldrung [on parts] (Tub. 1824, 8vo) ; Eoorda, Commentaria [on parts] (Groning. 1824, 8vo) ; *Dahler, Notes (in French, Strasb. 1825-30, 2 vols. 8vo) ; *Eosen- miiller. Scholia [including Lam.] (Lips. 1826-7, 2 vols. 8vo) ; Movers, Recensiones Jerem. (Hamb. 1827, 8vo) ; Knobel, De Jerem. Ckalduizante (A^ratislav. 1831, 4to) ; Kliper, Jeremice interpres (Berlin, 1837, 8vo) ; *Hitzig, Erkldrung (Leipzig, 1841, 8vo); *Umbreit, Commentar (Hamb. 1842, 8vo) ; *Henderson, Conimcntari/ [includ. Lam.] (London, 1851, 12mo); Neumann, yl !<«^^,9M»/7 [in- cluding Lam.] (Lpz. 1856, 8vo); (iraf, Erkldrung (Lpz. 1862, 2 vols. 8vo) ; Cowles, Notes (N. York, 1869,' 12mo). See PRoniETS.
JEREMIAH, Epistle of, one of tlie apocryphal writings, purjjorting to proceed from the pen of the prophet Jeremiah (q. v.).
1. Title and Position. — This apocryphal piece, which derives its title, tTritr-oX)] 'lt()tf.dov (Sept., Vulg., Syriac, etc.), from purporting to be an epistle sent by tlie proph- et Jeremiah " to them which were to be led captive to Babylon," has different positions in the different jMSS. It is placed after the Lamentations in Origen's Hexa- plas, according to the Syriac Hexapla codex in the Am- brosian Library at Milan, in the Cod. Alex., the Arabic versions, etc. ; in some editions of the Sept., in the Lat- in, and tlie Syriac, which was followed by Luther, the Zurich Biljle, and the A. Vers. ("Epistle of Jeremif), it constitutes the sixth chapter of the apocryphal book of Baruch, while Theodoret, Hilary of Poitiers, and several MSS. of the Sept. entirely omit it. It is, however, an independent production, and has nothing to do with Baruch. See Baklch, Book of.
2. Design and Contents. — The design of this epistle is to admonish the Jews who were going into captivity with the king to beware of the idolatry which they would see in Babylon. It tells the people of God not to become idolaters like the strangers, but to serve their own God, whose angel is with them (verse 1-7), and it exposes in a rhetorical declamation the folly of idolatry (verse 8-72), concluding every group of verses, which contains a fresh proof of its folly, with the reiterated re- marks, " Seeing that they are no gods, fear them not" (ver. 16, 23, 29, 66), "How can a man think that they are gods?" (ver. 40, 44, 56, 64, 69), " How can a man no't see that they are not gods?" (ver. 49, 63).