THE CALL OF JEREMIAH by DAVID TUDOR ... - David T Williams

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poetic oracles and confessions, B the biographical material and C the
prose sermons, with D taken as the oracles against the nations (Jr
46-51) (Carroll 1981:18, Bright 1951:15). Generally A has been taken
as original to Jeremiah and often equated with the scroll of Jeremiah
36, an equation which Mowinckel did not make (Holladay 1975:394).
The prestige of the prophet's office is obscured for us in
the ipsissima verba of Ch 1-25 (Muilenberg 1970:222).
Although there has been some denial of the value of A for a genuine
picture of Jeremiah (eg Carroll 1981:25), most see it as authentic. The
possibility of a theological imposition by means of an arrangement and
intervening prose insertions from C must however be admitted (Jobling
1978:4).
Source B has been generally attributed to Baruch, although Mowinckel
did not assume this (Holladay 1975:394). The narrative of B is
intimate, highly circumstantial, and must be:
....from one of the circle of the prophet's most intimate
friends (Bright 1951:24).
He remarks that no falsification would have been possible so soon
after Jeremiah's death (p28). Nicholson (1973:12) believes that
Baruch would be unlikely to have composed the narratives, as they
contain "pressing theological issues which can be shown to be of