[Avodah] The Bible cites itself

Simon Montagu simon.montagu at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 15:00:39 PDT 2012


On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:02 PM, David Riceman <driceman at optimum.net> wrote:
> There are lots of implicit self citations in the Bible, e.g., Eicha 2:1
> "v'lo zachar hadom raglav" alluding to Isaiah 66:1 "v'ha'aretz hadom
> raglay".  That's useful because the citation can't be the other way around
> (only Isaiah spells out the nimshal) and it fits the traditional chronology
> but not the chronology advocated by Biblical critics.
>
> I've run across several examples like this, but I've never been organized
> enough to take notes.  Does anyone know of a published list, or would anyone
> care to contribute examples to help make such a list?

Eicha 2:15 quotes Tehillim 48:3
Melachim 1:16:34 refers to Yehoshua 6:26



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