which the positive Zion theology was a problem to be struggled with, such reticence is not at all surprising. Although the number of occurrences of the theme in each book is not large, there are significant texts that are evidence for a Jeremiah tradition and an Ezekiel tradition concerning Jerusalem of the future, supporting the proposal that expressions of hope in the OT could scarcely be formulated without putting that city in a prominent place. A more significant indication of the centrality
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