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In our Chapter, Jeremiah prophesies the coming redemption of Israel. God proclaims: \u201cI will\u2026gather them from the ends of the earth – the blind and the lame among them\u2026\u201d (8). This assurance of the future repatriation of even the blind and the lame may be seen as an eschatological correction of: \u201cThe blind and lame will not enter the palace\u201d (2 Samuel 5:8). However, Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy about the blind and the lame seems rather to echo the prophecy of Isaiah (35:5-6): \u201cThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall shout aloud\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

These two verses figure in a discussion of resurrection in Bavli Sanhedrin 90a-92b. Resh Lakish contrasted: \u201cI will bring\u2026from the ends of the earth –\u00a0 the blind and the lame among them\u201d (8) with: \u201cThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened\u2026Then the lame shall leap like a deer\u201d (Isaiah 35:5-6). How can these two verses be reconciled? The blind and the lame will rise [from their graves, i.e. be resurrected with their disabilities] and only then they will be healed.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Talmudic discussion of resurrection also preserves a version of the multicultural Parable of the Lame and the Blind. The Roman Emperor Antoninus said to Rabbi [Yehudah Ha-Nasi]: The body and the soul can each escape judgement, for neither could have sinned without the other. Rabbi replied: This may be compared to a human king who owned a beautiful orchard that contained delectable figs. As watchmen, he appointed a lame man and a blind man, thinking that neither would be able to steal the royal fruit. But when the lame man saw the luscious figs, he told the blind man to lift him up on his shoulders. In this way, the lame man directed the blind man, so that together they were able to pluck the figs from the tree and eat them. When the king returned, he demanded to know what had become of his figs. The lame man pleaded: Can I walk?! And the blind man pleaded: Can I see?! But the wise king figured out their ruse. He placed the lame man on the shoulders of the blind man and judged them as one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, in the Final Judgement, the Holy One, blessed be He, will reunite the soul and the body to judge them as one. For it is written that: \u201cHe shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people\u201d (Psalms 50:4). Rabbi interpreted this verse to mean that \u201cthe heavens\u201d refers to the soul that comes from heaven, and \u201cthe earth\u201d refers to the body that comes from the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: Bregman,<\/span> “The Parable Of The Lame And The Blind: Epiphanius’ Quotation From An Apocryphon Of Ezekiel<\/span><\/a>” in <\/span>The Journal of Theological Studies<\/span><\/i> 42:1 (1991),125\u2013138<\/span><\/p>\n

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