Epistle of Jeremiah - Επιστολή Ιερεμίου

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Canonical Versions

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Ethiopic Epistle of Jeremiah
- in Ge'ez		መጽሐፍ ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ። (ተረፈ ኤርምያስ ፡ ነቢይ ።)
ዐይን: August Dillmann
manuscript transcriptions from THEOT:
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible);
Berlin Peter 42; EMIP 937;
EMML 7584; Gunda Gunde 183;
all THEOT transcriptions aligned by verse
Typical "early" mss.:
EMML 2080 (14th-16th c.) [p: 128]; Gunda Gunde 63 (15th c.) [p: 149];
Gunda Gunde 183 (15th c.) [p: 177]; Berlin Peter 42 (15th c.);
EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 154]; EMIP 1029 (15th-16th c.) [p: 112];
EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 181]
Typical "standardized" mss.:
EMML 6686 (17th c.) [p: 193]; D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.);
EMIP 945 (18th c.) [p: 58]; Unesco 10-12 (18th c.) [p: 77]
Typical "modern" mss.:
EMIP 937 (19th c.) [p: 80]; IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 490v]
Noteworthy potential "outlier" ms.:
Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588)

Septuagint Epistle of Jeremiah
- in Koine Greek		Επιστολή Ιερεμίου (Rahlfs' edition)
πηγή: nocr		Codex Vaticanus (p: 1140)

Vulgate Epistle of Jeremiah (Baruch 6)
- in Latin		 "epistulae quam misit hieremias"
fons: vulgate.org
(The Vulgate text represents an "Old Latin" recension)		Codex Gigas

Deuterocanonical versions

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Peshitta Epistle of Jeremiah
- in Syriac Aramaic		 ܬܘܒ ܐܝܓܪܬܐ ܕܐܪܡܝܐܿ܂
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה		Codex Ambrosianus

Non-canonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Dead Sea Scrolls Fragment of the Epistle of Jeremiah
- in Greek		Epistle of Jeremiah (fragment)
πηγή: Discoveries in the Judean Desert vol. III		 7Q2 / 7Q papEpJer
[plate 789, 789A: 2nd fragment from top left.]

Early Palestinian Christian versions of the Epistle of Jeremiah
- in "Syriac" Aramaic		 General fragments.
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה


Appended Biblical Text in the Ge'ez Canons:

Prophecy of Jeremiah against Pashhur - ትንቢት ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ። "ወይቤሎ ፡ ኤርምያስ ..."

Canonical Text

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Ethiopic Prophecy of Jeremiah against Pashhur
- in Ge'ez
Inserted between the Epistle of Jeremiah and the Rest of the Words of Baruch in the Beta Israel and EOTC canons.		ትንቢት ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ።
(footnote 2: pp.VIII-IX)
ዐይን: August Dillmann
Likely typical "early" mss.:
EMML 2080 (14th-16th c.) [p: 128, col. 2 (just prior to the Epistle of Jeremiah)];
EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 182]
Note: most "early" mss. seem to omit this text.
Likely typical "standardized" mss.:
EMML 6686 (17th c.) [p: 194];
BL Or 496 (17th c.)[p: 246 (between Lamentations and the Rest of the Words of Baruch)];
Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 161]; EMIP 945 (18th c.) [p: 58];
Unesco 10-12 (18th c.) [p: 78]
Likely typical "modern" ms.:
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 491r]
Potential "outlier" ms.:
D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); EMML 3439 (18th c.) [p: 106, col. 1]

Significantly related biblical texts:

Books in the tradition of Jeremiah:

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