Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch
Subtitle: reconstruction after the fall
By: edited by Matthias Henze, Gabriele Boccaccini, with the collaboration of Jason M. Zurawski
Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism -- volume 164; Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism -- v. 164.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9789004258679; 9789004258815
Subjects: Bible; Pseudepigrafer (Gamla testamentet); Criticism, interpretation; Baruch; Judentum; Apokalyptik; Baruksapokalypserna; Bibeln; Esra; Esra 4.; Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch; Syriska Baruksapokalypsen
Description: The two Jewish works that are the subject of this volume, '4 Ezra' and '2 Baruch', were written around the turn of the first century CE in the aftermath of the Roman destruction of the Second Temple. Both texts are apocalypses, and both occupy an important place in early Jewish literature and thought: they were composed right after the Second Temple period, as Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity began to emerge. The twenty essays in this volume were first presented and discussed at the Sixth Enoch Seminar at the Villa Cagnola at Gazzada, near Milan, Italy, on June 26-30, 2011. Together they reflect the lively debate about '4 Ezra' and '2 Baruch' among the most distinguished specialists in the field.00.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: the status quaestionis  -- Matthias Henze; title: 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in light of Qumran literature  -- Devorah Dimant; title: The evilness of human nature in 1 Enoch, Jubiliees, Paul, and 4 Ezra: a Second Temple Jewish debate  -- Gabriele Boccaccini; title: Enoch and Ezra  -- John J. Collins; title: Traditionary processes and textual unity in 4 Ezra  -- Hindy Najman; title: Who is the 'I' of 4 Ezra?  -- Lorenzo DiTommaso; title: Ezra's vision of the lady: the form and function of a turning point  -- Loren T. Stuckenbruck; title: The epistle of Baruch and its role in 2 Baruch  -- Lutz Doering; title: The otherworldly mediators in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: a comparison with angelic mediators in ascent apocalypses and in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Zechariah  -- Benjamin E. Reynolds; title: Baruch as a prophet in 2 Baruch  -- Balázs Tamási; title: 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in social and historical perspective  -- Lester L. Grabbe; title: Why Ezra and not Enoch? Rewriting the script of the first exile with the hope for a prompt restoration of Zion's fortuens  -- Pierluigi Piovanelli; title: The uses of apocalyptic eschatology  -- Adela Yarbro Collins; title: A New Testament reader's guide to 2 Baruch: or a 2 Baruch reader's guide to the New Testament  -- George W.E. Nickelsburg; title: On a possible baptismal background of 4 Ezra 13:3-6  -- Alexander Toepel; title: The nature of the resurrected bodies: 2 Baruch and the New Testament  -- Eugen J. Pentiuc; title: Enoch, Ezra, and the Jewishness of "high christology"  -- Daniel Boyarin; title: 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch with the (dis- ) advantage of rabbinic hindsight  -- Steven D. Fraade; title: The preservation of 4 Ezra in the Vulgate: thanks to Ambrose, not Jerome  -- Karina Martin Hogan; title: Nachleben and textual identity: variants and variance in the reception history of 2 Baruch -- Liv Ingeborg Lied.