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Definition of Letter of jeremiah
1. Noun. An Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Letter Of Jeremiah
Literary usage of Letter of jeremiah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901)
"A comparison of this epistle with the genuine letter of Jeremiah (Jer. 29) to
the Jews in Babylon furnishes an excellent illustration of the difference ..."
2. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ by Emil Schürer (1886)
"The Letter of Jeremiah. The letter of Jeremiah, which is said to have been written
to the exiles destined to be led away to Babylon, is a warning against ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1901)
"6 (Jehu to the authorities of Samaria). On the letter of Jeremiah in Jer. 29,
see JEREMIAH il.; on that of Elijah in 2 Chr. 21 12-15, ..."