letter of jeremiah

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Noun letter of jeremiah has 1 sense

Letter of Jeremiah, Epistle of Jeremiah - an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry
--₁ is a kind of book
--₁ is a part of Apocrypha

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Letter of Jeremiah

Noun: The Letter of Jeremiah refers to a book in the Old Testament Apocrypha, a collection of ancient Jewish writings not included in the Hebrew Bible. Also known as the Epistle of Jeremiah, it is a work of prophetic literature believed to have been written in the 2nd or 1st century BCE.

Sample Sentence: The Letter of Jeremiah provides insight into the religious and social concerns of the Jewish community during the Hellenistic period.