why the prophet jeremiah should not be censored out of this article all the abusive invective in the world doesn't alter the fact that when we consider the jewish law the following is relevant 'how can you say we are wise and the law of the lord is with us when in fact the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie ' jeremiah new revised standard version it is relevant because jeremiah is a major jewish prophet so his opinion carries weight jeremiah lived over years closer to the time when the books of moses were compiled the fact that another contributor is so determined to remove this evidence from the public record demonstrates that the point jeremiah makes is sensitive nevertheless it is also highly relevant to any rational discussion about this aspect of the jewish law and for that reason should remain if other contributors wish to argue that jeremiah's comment about scribal ethics is not relevant to biblical passages about circumcision they are welcome to demonstrate this however censorship is not the way to make this point