Prophets at loggerheads: accusations of adultery in Jeremiah 23:9-15
| dc.contributor.author | Wessels, W. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-14T13:10:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-14T13:10:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The focus of this article is on one aspect of the raging conflict between the prophetic parties addressed in Jeremiah 23:9-15. In this section the aspect of disloyalty to Yahweh is raised as hampering factor for being a true prophet. The research investigates the relationship between doing evil (cf. words such as adultery and ungodly/profane conduct) and the effect on the land (cf curse on the land, the land mourns, pastures drying up – 23:10-11). The research also entertains the relation with the next set of verses (23:13-15) which explicitly mentions the worship of Baal, the vegetation god, as reason for the disloyalty. The false prophets, with their adulterous way of living, are part of a leadership that failed the people of Judah and Yahweh. | en_US |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wessels, W. (2011). Prophets at loggerheads: accusations of adultery in Jeremiah 23:9-15. Acta Theologica, 31(2), 346-362. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1015-8758 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-9089 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/9513 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_US |
| dc.subject | Jeremiah | en_US |
| dc.subject | False prophets | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adultery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baal | en_US |
| dc.title | Prophets at loggerheads: accusations of adultery in Jeremiah 23:9-15 | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |