Religious views Jeremiah

1 religious views

1.1 judaism
1.2 christianity
1.3 islam

religious views
judaism

in jewish rabbinic literature, aggadah, jeremiah , moses mentioned together; life , works being presented in parallel lines. following ancient midrash interesting, in connection deut. xviii. 18, in prophet moses promised: moses prophet forty years, jeremiah; moses prophesied concerning judah , benjamin, did jeremiah; moses own tribe [the levites under korah] rose against him, did jeremiah s tribe revolt against him; moses cast water, jeremiah pit; moses saved slave (the slave of pharaoh s daughter); so, jeremiah rescued slave (ebed-melech); moses reprimanded people in discourses; did jeremiah.

christianity

jeremiah plays foundational role in christian thought presages inauguration of new covenant (cf. jer. 31:31ff.), new testament testifies. there forty direct quotations of book in new testament, in revelation in connection destruction of babylon (e.g., 50:8 in rev. 18:4; 50:32 in rev. 18:8; 51:49-50 in rev. 18:24). of gospel writers, matthew mindful of how events in life, death , resurrection of jesus of nazareth fulfill jeremianic prophecies (cf. matt. 2:17, 27:9). writer hebrews picks fulfilment of prophetic expectation of new covenant (hebrews 8:8-12; 10:16, 17).

islam

jeremiah in wilderness (top left); jonah , fish; uzeyr awakened after destruction of jerusalem. ottoman turkish miniature, 16th century.

as many other prophets of hebrew bible, jeremiah regarded prophet in islam. although jeremiah not mentioned in qur an, muslim exegesis , literature narrates many instances life of jeremiah , fleshes out narrative, closely corresponds account given in hebrew bible. in arabic, jeremiah s name vocalised irmiyā, armiyā or Ūrmiyā, , these forms given madd (irmiyāʾ). classical historians such wahb ibn munabbih gave accounts of jeremiah turned upon main points of old testament story of jeremiah: call prophet, mission king of judah, mission people , reluctance, announcement of foreign tyrant rule on judah. moreover, hadiths , tafsirs narrate parable of hamlet in ruins jeremiah. also, in sura 17(al-isra), ayah 4–7, 2 corruptions of children of israel on earth, hadith , tafsir cite 1 of these corruptions imprisonment , persecution of jeremiah. according ahmadis memorization of qur fulfills jeremiah s prophecy, put law within them , write upon hearts .

muslim literature narrates detailed account of destruction of jerusalem, parallels account given in book of jeremiah.