Letter of Jeremiah

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The Letter of Jeremiah is a deuterocanonical epistle traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, warning against idolatry and included in the biblical canon of several Christian traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament apocryphal book
biblical epistle
deuterocanonical book
pseudepigraphal work
addressedTo Babylonian exile
surface form: Judean exiles in Babylon
approximateVerseCount 73
attributedTo Jeremiah
surface form: prophet Jeremiah
canonicalStatusInAssyrianChurchOfTheEast deuterocanonical
canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxChurch deuterocanonical
canonicalStatusInOrientalOrthodoxChurches deuterocanonical
canonicalStatusInProtestantChurches apocryphal
canonicalStatusInRabbinicJudaism non-canonical
canonicalStatusInRomanCatholicChurch deuterocanonical
chapterCount 1
closelyRelatedTo Book of Baruch
Book of Jeremiah
contentSummary exhorts exiles not to fear or worship Babylonian idols
dateOfComposition likely between 4th and 2nd century BCE
genre didactic literature
epistle
includedIn Latin Bible tradition
Orthodox biblical canon
Roman Catholic biblical canon
Vulgate
influencedBy Book of Isaiah
surface form: Isaiah 44

Letter of Jeremiah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jeremiah 10

Psalm 115
Psalm 135
language Koine Greek
literaryForm homiletic discourse
letter
partOf Book of Baruch
Septuagint
surface form: Greek Old Testament

Septuagint
primaryTheme critique of pagan gods
warning against idolatry
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
separateBookIn Septuagint
surface form: Septuagint manuscripts

Vulgate tradition
setting exile to Babylon
survivesIn Coptic manuscripts
Greek manuscripts
Old Latin manuscripts
Syriac manuscripts
textualTradition Greek-only composition
topic contrast between living God and dead idols
futility of idols made by human hands
traditionalAuthor Jeremiah

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Eastern Orthodox canon includesBook Letter of Jeremiah
Apocrypha (in early editions) containsWork Letter of Jeremiah
Baruch closelyRelatedWork Letter of Jeremiah
Baruch sometimesIncludes Letter of Jeremiah
Letter of Jeremiah influencedBy Letter of Jeremiah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jeremiah 10
Deuterocanonical books contains Letter of Jeremiah
Council of Carthage (397) recognized Letter of Jeremiah
Book of Baruch associatedWith Letter of Jeremiah
Book of Baruch closelyRelatedText Letter of Jeremiah
this entity surface form: Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch 6 in some traditions)