4 Baruch : : Paraleipomena Jeremiou / / Dale C. Allison, Jr.
This is the first full-scale, verse-by-verse commentary on 4 Baruch. The pseudepigraphon, written in the second century, is in large measure an attempt to address the situation following the destruction of the temple in 70 CE by recounting legends about the first destruction of the temple, the Babyl...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VII, 640 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- I. Greek Texts and Versions
- II. Title and Genre
- III. Structure
- IV. Major Themes and Motifs
- V. Original Language and Style
- VI. Jewish or Christian?
- VII. Scriptural Intertextuality
- VIII. Extra-Canonical Literary Relationships and Compositional History
- IX. Date, Place, Sitz im Leben
- X. Reception History and Modern Scholarship
- XI. Bibliography
- COMMENTARY
- Chapter 1: Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem
- Chapter 2: Lamentation of Jeremiah and Baruch
- Chapter 3: The Preservation of the Temple Vessels and Abimelech
- Chapter 4: Destruction and Exile
- Chapter 5: Abimelech’s Sleep and the Preservation of the Figs
- Chapter 6: Baruch’s Letter to Jeremiah
- Chapter 7: Jeremiah’s Letter to Baruch
- Chapter 8: The Origin of the Samaritans
- Chapter 9: Jeremiah’s Vision and Martyrdom
- List of Abbreviations
- Index of References
- Index of Names and Subjects