- Jeremiah 52:1 identifies a “Yirmiyahu” — is this the prophet?
- Is there any additional detail on Tzidkiyahu, Babylonia, etc., in the introductory passages?
- Or is this an epilogue as the concluding chapter of the book?
- What is the “tenth day of the fifth month” (Jeremiah 52:12)?
- What became of the Temple (and king’s palace) treasures?
- What does the phrase (Jeremiah 52:24) “kohen harosh” designate?
- The phrase “am haaretz” (Jeremiah 52:25) has what political connotation?
- How does the volume end? Is Yeho’yakhin returned to Jerusalem? (Compare: II Kings 25:27-30.) What has become of Jeremiah?
- Does the reader detect any glimmer of hope in Jeremiah 52 for the future?
- Was this the concluding chapter of Jeremiah’s message or an added synopsis?
