Intertestamental Period Literary Analysis

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A Literary Analysis of the Intertestamental Period and the Methodology of Recording the Prophecy of Jeremiah and the King James Bible Translation

Thesis: The Book of Jeremiahs gives insight into the creation of the prophetic text which was written hundreds of years before Intertestamental Period, a period that much is known except for the knowledge provided by varying texts, while the analysis of the translation of the King James Bible provided insight to the accuracy of the text.
Topic Statement
Paragraph 1 – God instructed that Jeremiah was to record his words so that all of Judah would know their future judgement by God.
Paragraph 2 – Hundreds of years after the time of the prophet Jeremiah, the people entered into the Intertestamental Period, in which no records of prophets were found and the only insight into the unknown time is through the readings of varying texts.
Paragraph 3 – The King James Bible, the version used to read and analyze the Book of Jeremiah, translation ordered by King James to create an accurate and close to original text of the Hebrew Bible in English.

Feryn Harris
July 25, 2016
Theology 2002: Prophets & Prophecy – Dr. Michael Homan
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The reader can gather that God gave instructions for his words spoken through the mouth Jeremiah to be written down and He was persistent about longevity of the scrolls. The Intertestamental Period, that occurred hundreds of years after the time of Jeremiah, is a mystery due to no records of prophetic speaking and what is known about that period is due to the finding of various textual witnesses. The translation version, King James Bible, used to analyze the Book of Jeremiah was created when King James became king because he did not like the English translation, the Ginevra Bible. There is much that is learned from analyzing the content and production of the content within the

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