| Epistle of Second Baruch: A Study in Form and Message Contributor(s): Whitters, Mark (Author), Grabbe, Lester L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826462162 ISBN-13: 9780826462169 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $242.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2003 Annotation: 2 Baruch is one of the more important apocalyptic writings among the Jewish Pseudepigrapha (written at the end of the 1st century AD and so contemporary with the New Testament). The "Epistle" is a message to the Jews of the Dispersion. Whitters is arguing that the document was once an authoritative text for a specific community, and gives us clues about the important era between the two Jewish wars of 70 and 132 AD, when Judaism was assuming radical new forms. This Epistle tells Diapora Jews how to live in a world without the Jerusalem Temple. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
| Dewey: 229.506 |
| LCCN: 2004273504 |
| Series: JSP Supplements (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.38" W x 9.52" (1.22 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2 Baruch is one of the more important apocalyptic writings among the Jewish Pseudepigrapha (written at the end of the 1st century AD and so contemporary with the New Testament). The Epistle is a message to the Jews of the Dispersion. Whitters is arguing that the document was once an authoritative text for a specific community, and gives us clues about the important era between the two Jewish wars of 70 and 132 AD, when Judaism was assuming radical new forms. This Epistle tells Diapora Jews how to live in a world without the Jerusalem Temple. |