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Reading the Old Testament can be really hard, partly because the authors of the Old Testament largely assume that you are already familiar with a lot of the historical context surrounding the stuff they’re writing about. In a past episode, we talked about some of the historical context of the book of Isaiah. In this video, Dave does the same thing with the book of Jeremiah. Having this background information will be super helpful as you read Jeremiah, but also as you read 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon (since Lehi and his family lived in Jerusalem at the same time as Jeremiah).
Video transcript: https://bit.ly/3svq9dW
— “How Did the Almighty Assyrian Empire Fall?” via The Collector: https://bit.ly/3dZX3zp
— “The History Leading Up to the Destruction of Judah” via TheTorah.com: https://bit.ly/3Eoa5BV
— “Jeremiah: Hebrew Prophet,” via the Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3CoWfgQ
— “Judah, Kingdom of,” via Jewish Encyclopedia: https://bit.ly/3SNaQbm
— For various additional sources (in addition to those included here) about the potential date of Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem, please see the footnotes in “When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem?” via Book of Mormon Central: https://bit.ly/3y5UPFP
— In favor of Lehi leaving in 605 BC: “Dating the Departure of Lehi from Jerusalem,” by Jeffrey Chadwick (BYU Studies): https://bit.ly/3riHKoE
— In favor of Lehi leaving in 597/597 BC: “Book of Mormon Event Structure: The Ancient Near East,” by Robert F. Smith (BYU Studies): https://bit.ly/3Ck90tg
— In favor of Lehi leaving in 587 BC: “The Jewish/Nephite Lunar Calendar,” by Randall P. Spackman (BYU Studies): https://bit.ly/3SpRCZv
— “Has An Artifact That Relates to the Book of Mormon Been Found?” via Book of Mormon Central: https://bit.ly/3dTBErU
— “Has the Seal of Mulek Been Found?” by Jeffrey Chadwick (BYU Studies): https://bit.ly/3UVR27x
Notes:
— Latter-day Saint scholar Jeffrey Chadwick proposed that Lehi and his family left Jerusalem around November of 605 BC. This date is quite a bit earlier than the mainstream view (which is usually somewhere closer to 587ish BC), and rests on the notion that Lehi/Nephi did not recognize the authority of King Jehoiakim (the puppet king installed by Egypt), but instead recognized Zedekiah as the true king. Zedekiah would have been about 8 years old at that time Jehoiakim was installed, but this isn’t much of an issue as Josiah was only 8 when he took the throne. It’s an attractive theory, but is weakened by a lack of evidence to suggest that anyone else believed anciently that Zedekiah was the rightful king, instead of Jehoiakim. Perhaps further research will shed more light on this subject.
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