Jeremiah exile letter behind Jeremiah 29
A letter from Jeremiah to the Babylonian exile community reported in Jeremiah 29.
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A letter source surface from Jerusalem to the Babylonian exiles.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as an extant recoverable letter; it is inferred from source-citation traces and should not be read as ordinary documentation of a surviving autograph.
Epistemic status
Draft article. Jeremiah 29 gives direct letter language, but the independent letter object is not extant here.
Summary
Jeremiah 29 introduces the words of a letter Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the exiles in Babylon, with named carrier context. Inferpedia treats this as an exile-correspondence source surface.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is the letter source surface behind Jeremiah 29.
What is attested
The text attests letter wording, Jeremiah as sender, Jerusalem as origin, exile recipients, and named carriers.
Why infer this entity
The passage supplies document type, route, recipient groups, and delivery context.
Evidence ledger
- E1, Jeremiah 29:1: primary trace for the letter wording.
- E2, Jeremiah 29:1: primary trace for sender and route.
- E3, Jeremiah 29:1: primary trace for recipients.
- E4, Jeremiah 29:3: primary trace for named carriers.
Counterarguments
The letter may be a literary/editorial frame rather than an independently recoverable document.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 66. Existence warrant: 84. Specificity: 80. Reconstruction dependence: 72. Counterevidence: 16.
What would change the score
Specialist work on Jeremiah 29, exile correspondence, or textual history would change the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a direct letter formula with sender, route, and recipients.
L3 Evidence packet
Bible (King James), Jeremiah 29 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jeremiah 29:1
Quote: "words of the letter"
Paraphrase: The passage explicitly frames the following material as letter words.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 92
Cluster: jeremiah29-exile-letter
Bible (King James), Jeremiah 29 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jeremiah 29:1
Quote: "Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem"
Paraphrase: The sender and origin route are explicitly stated.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 88
Cluster: jeremiah29-exile-letter
Bible (King James), Jeremiah 29 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jeremiah 29:1
Quote: "residue of the elders"
Paraphrase: The text identifies recipient groups among the exiles.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 78
Cluster: jeremiah29-exile-letter
Bible (King James), Jeremiah 29 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jeremiah 29:3
Quote: "By the hand of Elasah"
Paraphrase: Named carriers are supplied for the letter route.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 80
Cluster: jeremiah29-exile-letter
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:344
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 344 (source_dependence) as support for Jeremiah exile letter behind Jeremiah 29. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1561.
Reliability: 84 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:851169262ff1ae7fe4f590392afbf4f2
Arguments
Existing inferon 344 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Jeremiah exile letter behind Jeremiah 29; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.
A Jeremiah exile letter behind Jeremiah 29 is warranted as a source-backed draft entity.
Direct letter language gives high warrant; exact archival status and full wording remain source-critical questions.