the debate with the ezekiel tradition circle brings to light a number of important considerations regarding the ideological and literary connections between the Jeremianic material and the Deuteronomistic works. Isolating Deuteronomistic language in the book of Jeremiah is not enough to suggest a broad or systematic redaction of older documents that initially had little in common with Deuteronomistic concerns. As observed in the Introduction to the present study, material often ascribed to Jeremiah on a compositional level was already inherently Deuteronomistic before undergoing any redactional activity. It is possible to speak of a broad, systematic Deuteronomistic redaction of the Jeremianic material only insofar as both Jeremiah and the author of the Supplement were already associated with the circles responsible for the composition and compilation of the Deuteronomistic works that emerged in the preexilic period. The prophet himself was strongly inspired by the literature that emerged under Josiah and conceived his own work as an extension of and commentary on that literary enterprise during the years of Josiah's reform and following Josiah's death.

DEUTERONOMISTIC THOUGHT IN EXILE

The author of the Supplement presupposed the basic compatibility of these works and integrates them into his own, interspersing Jeremianic oracles and episodes from the prophet's life with narratives that pick up where the Josianic DH left off. The author also shapes Jeremianic oracles with an eye to Deuteronomy, developing elements of the prophet's positions and opinions into exhortations that emulate those of Moses (i.e., Jer 42; 43:1).