TY - JOUR AU - Hobson, Russell PY - 2011/08/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Jeremiah 41 and the Ammonite Alliance JF - The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures JA - JHS VL - 10 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.5508/jhs.2010.v10.a7 UR - https://jhsonline.org/index.php/jhs/article/view/11268 SP - AB - This article explores the possibility that a polemic between disempowered Davidic and emerging Saulide groups motivated the murder of Gedaliah and the 70 pilgrims in Jeremiah 41. The discussion is informed by evidence from the Judean/Aramean settlements at Elephantine and Syene, and an analysis of the role of Ammon as presented here and in the Deuteronomistic History. ER -