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The destruction of Jerusalem and the idea of redemption in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / by Rivka Nir.
Van Pelt Library BS1830.B4 N57 2002b
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1830.B4 N57 2002b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nir, Rivḳah.
- Series:
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 20.
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch.
- Redemption--Judaism.
- Redemption.
- Redemption--Christianity.
- Eschatology, Jewish.
- Eschatology.
- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 318 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2002]
- Contents:
- 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
- Appendix The Tidings of the Christian Resurrection and Its Conditions in Paralipomena Jeremiae 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1589830504
- OCLC:
- 50913569
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