Epistle of Jeremiah - Επιστολή Ιερεμίου

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Ethiopic Epistle of Jeremiah - in Ge'ez See also: additional material appended to the Epistle in the Ge'ez canons	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]; 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] Beta Israel ms.: Berlin Peter 42 (15th c.) 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 Swete's edition	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

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
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 ፡ ለፋክሶር ..."

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" mss.: D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); EMML 3439 (18th c.) [p: 106, col. 1]

Significantly related biblical texts:

Books in the tradition of Jeremiah:

• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Baruch
• Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch ("2 Baruch")
• Greek Apocalypse of Baruch ("3 Baruch")
• "Rest of the Words of Baruch" ("4 Baruch")
• Ethiopic Apocalypse of Baruch ("5 Baruch")

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