This article addresses the issue of so-called Deuteronomistic influence
on the book of Jeremiah. The article posits that in the case of
Jer 26-29 it would be far more prudent to concentrate on the
implicit definition of prophecy found in the text rather than to analyse
the linguistic and compositional features used to create the
definition. In this essay it will be argued that once the presumed
Deuteronomistic influence that has often directed scholar’s opinions
is removed, it becomes clear that even at the times when the texts
seem to be linked to the Deuteronomistic works, it is by way of contrast
and not by way of allusion. The unit Jer 26-29 differs both
from the only legal treatment of prophecy in Deuteronomy in Deut
13:1-5 and 18:18-22, as well as from the narrative in the Deuteronomistic
History 1 Kgs 22:1-38, which perfectly fits the criteria of the
legal treatment with regard to its theology surrounding true and
false prophecy.http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.htmltm201
