HIST 1100: History and Civilization
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A Guide To Writing in History and Classics
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The word jeremiad, meaning "a prolonged lamentation or complaint," derives from the name of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah (ca. 626-586 BCE), who demanded moral reform and otherwise threatened doom.

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