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Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch »

Authors: Rivka Nir, Rivka Nir
ISBN-13: 9781589830509, ISBN-10: 1589830504
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Rivka Nir

Book Synopsis

The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch is a pseudepigraphic apocalyptic work ascribed to Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah. Nir (history, the Open University of Israel) attempts to show that the internal structure and central ideas of 2 Baruch must be understood in a Christian context. The author's conclusion sheds light on the Christian character of other pseudepigraphic and apocalyptic books. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the book and distributes the paperbound edition; Brill distributes the clothbound edition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	The Heavenly Jerusalem in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch	17
1	This Is Not the City I Have Engraved on the Psalms of My Hands (2 Bar. 4:1-7)	19
2	The Hiding of the Temple Vessels	43
3	The Abandonment of the Temple	79
Pt. 2	The Idea of Eschatological Redemption	119
4	Description of the Appearance of Messiah (2 Bar. 24-30)	121
5	The Vision of the Forest, the Cedar, the Vine, and the Spring (2 Bar. 36-40)	165
6	The Vision of the Bright Waters and the Dark Waters (2 Bar. 53, 56-74)	183
	Conclusion	199
App	The Tidings of the Christian Resurrection and Its Conditions in Paralipomena Jeremiae	203
	Abbreviations	239
	Bibiography	241
	Index of Sources	281
	Index of Modern Authors	307
	Subject Index	313