On Reconstructing the Shorter Edition of the Book of Jeremiah: A Review of Michael B. Shepherd’s A Commentary on Jeremiah

In his recent commentary on the book of Jeremiah, Michael B. Shepherd has made a novel contribution by basing his translation and exegesis on the shorter edition of Jeremiah reflected by the Old Greek (OG) translation and two witnesses from Qumran (4QJerb, d). Giving preference to the Hebrew sour…