Chapter 11 Late Neo-Elamite Kingdoms, the Rise of Cyrus the Great, the Fall of Babylon and the End of the Babylonian Captivity

Type:

Book Chapter

Author:

Alexa Bartelmus

Published:

2025

Publisher:

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

The Relevance of the "Oracle Against Elam" for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern StudiesThe "oracle against Elam" in the Book of Jeremiah (JerMT 49:34-39 // JerG 25:14-20)1 is remarkable in many ways.First, this is the only one of the so-called "Oracles Against the Nations" (hereafter: OAN) in the entire Bible, that appears to be explicitly directed against Elam.2Furthermore, Elam -in contrast to the other peoples dealt with in the OAN -was neither an immediate neighbour of Judah nor is there any indication that it was ever politically or economically significant for Judah before the Persian period:3 its relevance in 1 Due to the initial lack of clarity as to which version is the original (but see below section 4.3), and because both versions are important on their own, the relevant passages in this article are not only -as is usually the case -referred to according to the Masoretic Text (hereafter: JerMT), but also after the corresponding excerpts from the version handed down in the Septuagint (hereafter: JerG). 2

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