Big Ideas · 15 · Jeremiah and Baruch
The voice of the nation
The Bible's narrator isn't a king but an anonymous voice, a vox populi that is in some ways also the voice of God reminding the people of their story.
A polyphonic narrator.
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Jewish tradition attributed parts to prophets, like Lamentations to Jeremiah, capturing the narrator's independent stance.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 246–247
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