Editing Book of Jeremiah (section)

=== Jeremiah and the Deuteronomists ===
The [[Deuteronomist]]s were a school or movement who edited the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings into a more or less unified history of Israel (the so-called Deuteronomistic History) during the Jewish exile in Babylon (6th century BCE).{{sfn|Knight|1995|pp=65–66}} It is argued{{by whom?|date=September 2024}} that the Deuteronomists played an important role in the production of the book of Jeremiah; for example, there is clear Deuteronomistic language in [[Jeremiah 25|chapter 25]], in which the prophet looks back over twenty-three years of unheeded prophecy. From the Deuteronomistic perspective the prophetic role implied, more than anything else, concern with law and covenant after the manner of Moses. On this reading Jeremiah was the last of a long line of prophets sent to warn Israel of the consequences of infidelity to God; unlike the Deuteronomists, for whom the call for repentance was always central, Jeremiah seems at some point in his career to have decided that further intercession was pointless, and that Israel's fate was sealed.{{sfn|Blenkinsopp|1996|pp=132, 135–36}}