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4 Baruch (Paraleipomena Jeremiou

A little-known text of Hellenistic Judaism, 4 Baruch (or Paraleipomena Jeremiou) reflects the situation in Palestine on the eve of the Bar-Kokhba War by retelling the story of the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. Neglected for far too long, 4 Baruch is now made accessible to scholars and students alike through a critical edition of the Greek text, a new English translation, and a substantial commentary on this early Jewish writing of the beginning of the second century C.E. The commentary elaborates its historical and literary setting and provides a theological interpretation of its religious ideas. On the basis of his close and careful reading of the text, Jens Herzer argues for the basic integrity of 4 Baruch as a genuine Jewish work that was preserved after the war by a Christian group that also added a Christian ending.

Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

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4 Baruch (Paraleipomena Jeremiou

A little-known text of Hellenistic Judaism, 4 Baruch (or Paraleipomena Jeremiou) reflects the situation in Palestine on the eve of the Bar-Kokhba War by retelling the story of the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. Neglected for far too long, 4 Baruch is now made accessible to scholars and students alike through a critical edition of the Greek text, a new English translation, and a substantial commentary on this early Jewish writing of the beginning of the second century C.E. The commentary elaborates its historical and literary setting and provides a theological interpretation of its religious ideas. On the basis of his close and careful reading of the text, Jens Herzer argues for the basic integrity of 4 Baruch as a genuine Jewish work that was preserved after the war by a Christian group that also added a Christian ending.

Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

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4 Baruch (Paraleipomena Jeremiou

4 Baruch (Paraleipomena Jeremiou

4 Baruch (Paraleipomena Jeremiou

4 Baruch (Paraleipomena Jeremiou

Overview

A little-known text of Hellenistic Judaism, 4 Baruch (or Paraleipomena Jeremiou) reflects the situation in Palestine on the eve of the Bar-Kokhba War by retelling the story of the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. Neglected for far too long, 4 Baruch is now made accessible to scholars and students alike through a critical edition of the Greek text, a new English translation, and a substantial commentary on this early Jewish writing of the beginning of the second century C.E. The commentary elaborates its historical and literary setting and provides a theological interpretation of its religious ideas. On the basis of his close and careful reading of the text, Jens Herzer argues for the basic integrity of 4 Baruch as a genuine Jewish work that was preserved after the war by a Christian group that also added a Christian ending.

Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781589831735
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date: 09/30/2005
Series: Writings from the Greco-Roman World , #22
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Jens Herzer, Ph.D. (1993) in Judaic Studies, Humboldt-University Berlin, is Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Theology at the University of Leipzig, Faculty of Theology. He is the author of Die Paralipomena Jeremiae: Studien zu Tradition und Redaktion einer Haggada des frühen Judentums and Petrus oder Paulus? and Studien über das Verhältnis des Ersten Petrusbriefes zur paulinischen Tradition (both from Mohr Siebeck) and of numerous articles on 4 Baruch.

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