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

by Rivka Nir

Overview

This book argues that II Baruch must be understood in a Christian context, a theological identity reflected in traditions which describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the three apocalyptic visions of the coming of the Messiah and the eschatological redemption.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589830509
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	05/28/2003
Series:	Early Judaism and Its Literature Ser.
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
Part 1	The Heavenly Jerusalem in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch	17
1.	This Is Not the City I Have Engraved on the Palms of My Hands (2 Bar. 4:1-7)	19
2.	The Hiding of the Temple Vessels	43
2.1.	Syriac Baruch 6:7-10	43
2.2.	The Jewish Tradition	48
2.3.	Paralipomena Jeremiou	56
2.4.	Jeremiah Apocryphon	59
2.5.	Vitae Prophetorum	66
2.6.	Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum	71
3.	The Abandonment of the Temple	79
3.1.	"The Watchman Has Abandoned the House" (8:1-5)	79
3.2.	The Keys of the Temple (10:18)	83
a.	The Christian Tradition	83
b.	The Jewish Tradition	88
3.3.	The Virgins Weaving in the Temple (10:19)	100
Part 2	The Idea of Eschatological Redemption	119
4.	Description of the Appearance of Messiah (2 Bar. 24-30)	121
4.1.	The Catastrophes of the Eschaton	121
4.2.	The Eschatological Feast	132
4.3.	The Beginning of the Messiah's Revelation	138
4.4.	The Full Appearance of the Messiah	151
4.5.	The Resurrection of the Dead and the Final Judgment	158
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
6.1.	Description of the End and the Appearance of the Messiah	194
	Conclusion	199
Appendix	The Tidings of the Christian Resurrection and Its Conditions in Paralipomena Jeremiae	203
	Abbreviations	239
	Bibliography	241
	Index of Sources	281
	Index of Modern Authors	307
	Subject Index	313