abstract:The Book of Jeremiah () is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the second of the Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. The superscription at chapter 1:1-3 identifies it as "the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, and places the prophet historically from the reforms of king Josiah in 627 BCE through the subjugation of Judah by the Babylonians in 605, the deportation of king Jehoiachin in 597, the destruction of the city in 587/586, and the assassination of the Babylonian-appointed governor of Judah in 582.
For instance, a tablet from the museum, translated so recently that it only just made the show, names Sarsachim, a Babylonian eunuch who is also listed in the BookofJeremiah as one of Nebuchadnezzar's henchmen at the siege of Jerusalem.