Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch : reconstruction after the fall / edited by Matthias Henze, Gabriele Boccaccini, with the collaboration of Jason M. Zurawski.

This volume covers a wide range of topics around 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, two Jewish apocalypses of the first century CE, including their place of origin and their similarities with the Qumran literature, with early Rabbinic and with Christian texts.

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Other Authors: Henze, Matthias (Editor), Boccaccini, Gabriele, 1958- (Editor), Zurawski, Jason M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 164.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; PART ONE. INTRODUCTION; Matthias Henze
  • 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: The Status Quaestionis; PART TWO. 4 EZRA, 2 BARUCH AND PRE-70 CE JEWISH LITERATURE; Devorah Dimant
  • 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in Light of Qumran Literature; Gabriele Boccaccini
  • The Evilness of Human Nature in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Paul, and 4 Ezra: A Second Temple Jewish Debate; PART THREE. PSEUDEPIGRAPHY IN 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCH; John J. Collins
  • Enoch and Ezra; Hindy Najman
  • Traditionary Processes and Textual Unity in 4 Ezra; Lorenzo DiTommaso
  • Who is the 'I' of 4 Ezra?
  • PART FOUR. A CLOSE READING OF 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCHLoren T. Stuckenbruck
  • Ezra's Vision of the Lady: Form and Function of a Turning Point; Lutz Doering
  • The Epistle of Baruch and Its Role in 2 Baruch; Benjamin E. Reynolds
  • The Otherworldly Mediators in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: A Comparison with Angelic Mediators in Ascent Apocalypses and in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Zechariah; Balazs Tamasi
  • Baruch as a Prophet in 2 Baruch; PART FIVE. THE SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCH; Lester L. Grabbe
  • 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in Social and Historical Perspective.
  • Pierluigi Piovanelli
  • Why Ezra and not Enoch? Rewriting the Script of the First Exile with the Hope for a Prompt Restoration of Zion's FortunesPART SIX. 4 EZRA, 2 BARUCH, AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; Adela Yarbro Collins
  • The Uses of Apocalyptic Eschatology; George W.E. Nickelsburg
  • A New Testament Reader's Guide to 2 Baruch: Or a 2 Baruch Reader's Guide to the New Testament; Alexander Toepel
  • On a Possible Baptismal Background of 4 Ezra 13:3-6; Eugen J. Pentiuc
  • The Nature of the Resurrected Bodies in 2 Baruch and the New Testament.
  • PART SEVEN. 4 EZRA, 2 BARUCH, AND POST-70 CE JEWISH LITERATUREDaniel Boyarin
  • Enoch, Ezra, and the Jewishness of High Christology
  • Steven D. Fraade
  • 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch with the (Dis- ) Advantage of Rabbinic Hindsight; PART EIGHT. THE NACHLEBEN OF 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCH; Karina Martin Hogan
  • The Preservation of 4 Ezra in the Vulgate: Thanks to Ambrose, not Jerome; Liv Ingeborg Lied
  • Nachleben and Textual Identity: Variants and Variance in the Reception History of 2 Baruch; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Ancient Sources.