2 Baruch (articles)

Editions

• Raphael J. Bidawid, Apocalypse of Baruch (The Old Testament in Syriac, 4; Leiden: Brill, 1973)

Modern translations

• Robert Henry Charles, "2 Baruch, or The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch." in Robert Henry Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (2 vols.; Oxford: 1913)


• Paolo Bettiolo, "Apocalisse siriaca di Baruc," in Paolo Sacchi (ed.), Apocrifi dell'Antico Testamento, vol.2 (Turin: UTET, 1989), pp. 147 - 233 - Italian translation

• Jean Hadot, "Apocalypse syriaque de Baruch," in André Dupont-Sommer and Marc Philonenko (eds.), La Bible. Écrits intertestamentaires (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 337; Paris: Gallimard, 1987), pp.1471-1557 - French translation

• A.F.J. Klijn, "2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch," in James H. Charlesworth (ed.), The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (2 vols.; New York: Doubleday, 1983, 1985) - English translation

Select Bibliography (articles)

1860s

1866

• Antonio Maria Ceriani, "Apocalypsis Baruch, olim de graeco in syriacum, et nunc de syriaco in latinum translata" in Monumenta sacra et profana (Tomus I, fasc. 2; Mediolani, 1866), pp. i-iii, 73-95 - Latin translation

1867

• • Joseph Langen, De Apocalypsi Baruch: anno superiori primum edita: commentatio quam pro aditu muneris professoris ordinarii (Friburgi in Brisgovia: In Libraria Herderiana, 1867)

1870s

• Antonio Maria Ceriani, "Apocalypsis Baruch Syriace," in Monumenta sacra et profana (Tomus V, fasc. 2; Mediolani, 1871), p.113-167 - Syriac text

1960s

1962

• Translation and mistranslation in the Apocalypse of Baruch / Frank Zimmermann / In Studies and Essays in honor of Abraham A. Neuman (Leiden: Brill, 1962) 580-587

1963

• Neue Textzeugen der syrischen Baruchapokalypse / W. Baars / Vetus Testamentum 13.4 (1963) 476-478

1969

• Jüdische Apokalyptik am Ende des ersten nachchristlichen jahrhunderts / Clemens Thoma / Kairos 11.2 (1969) 134-144

1970s

1970

• Le problème de l’Apocalypse syriaque de Baruch d’après un ouvrage récent / Jean Hadot / Semitica 20 (1970) 59-76

• The sources and the redaction of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn / Journal for the Study of Judaism 1 (1970) 65-76

1973

• Narrative traditions in the Paralipomena of Jeremiah and 2 Baruch / George W.E. Nickelsburg / Catholic Biblical Quarterly 35 (1973) 60-68

1977

• The two eons and the messiah in Pseudo-Philo, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch / Arthur J. Ferch / Andrews University Seminary Studies 15.2 (1977) 135-152

1980s

1982

• Jérusalem chez les pseudépigraphes (II Esdras et II Baruch) / Pierre-Maurice Bogaert / in Armand Abecassis, et al. (eds.), Jerusalem dans les traditions juives et chrétiennes (Louvain: Peeters, 1982) 15-23

• An Analysis of Baruch's Prayer (Syr. Bar. 21) / Jacob Licht / in Geza Vermes and Jacob Neusner (eds.), Essays in Honour of Yigael Yadin (Journal of Jewish Studies, 33; Oxford: Oxford Centre Postgr. Hebrew Studies, 1982) 327-331

• 2 Baruch : a story of grief and consolation / Gwendolyn B. Sayler / Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 21 (1982) 485-500

1984

• Tradiciones targúmicas en el Baruc Siríaco (II Baruc) / Domingo Muñoz León / in Natalio Fernández Marcos, et al. (eds.), Simposio Bíblico Español. Salamanca, 1982 (Madrid: Universidad Complutense, 1984) 523-552

1985

• Law in 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra / Michel R. Desjardins / Studies in Religion/Sciences religieuses 14.1 (1985) 25-37

• The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Albertus Frederik J. Klijn / in: Outside the Old Testament (1985 Jonge), edited volume, 193-212.

• 2 Baruch and the Romans / Frederick J. Murphy / Journal of Biblical Literature 104 (1985) 663-669

1986

• Sapiential elements in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Frederick J. Murphy / Jewish Quarterly Review 76.4 (1986) 311-327

1987

• Jewish and Christian apocalyptic letters: 1 Peter, Revelation, and 2 Baruch 78-87 / J. Ramsey Michaels / in Society of Biblical Literature: Seminar Papers 26 (1987) 268-275

• The Temple in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Frederick J. Murphy / Journal of Biblical Literature 106 (1987) 671-683

1989

• Recent developments in the study of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 4 (1989) 3-17

• 2 Apoc. Bar. 48:42-52:7 and the apocalyptic dimension of Colossians 3:1-6 / John R. Levison / Journal of Biblical Literature 108.1 (1989) 93-108

1990s

1994

• Miti di origine, miti di caduta e presenza del femminino nel 4 Esdra e nel 2 Baruch / Giovanni Deiana / Ricerche Storico Bibliche 6.1-2 (1994) 141-152

• Universalidad de la salvación en la apocalíptica (Daniel, 4 de Esdras y 2 de Baruc) / Domingo Muñoz León / Revista Bíblica 56.3 (1994) 129-148

1995

• The Messianic Interpretation of Isa. 10:34 in the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2 Baruch and the Preaching of John the Baptist / Richard Bauckham / Dead Sea Discoveries 2.2 (1995) 202-216

1996

• Two Parts, Weeks of Seven Weeks: The End of the Age as terminus ad quem for 2 Baruch / Nicolae Roddy / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 14 (1996) 3-14

1997

• The Social Setting of the Syriac Apocalpse of Baruch / J. Edward Wright / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 16 (1997) 81-96

1998

• The Summing Up of History in 2 Baruch / John F. Hobbins / Jewish Quarterly Review 89.1-2 (1998) 45-79

• The Apocalypse of the Syriach Baruch and the Date of the End / Antti Laato / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18 (1998) 39-46

1999

• Some Notes on the Arabic Versions of IV Ezra and the Apocalypse of Baruch in MS Mt Sinai Arabic Codex 589 / Adriana Drint / Parole de l'Orient 24 (1999) 165-177

2000s

2001

• Life Redefined: Wisdom and Law in Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch / Shannon Burkes / Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63/1 (2001) 55-71

• Testament and Canon in the Letter of Second Baruch (2 Baruch 78-87) / Mark F. Whitters / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 12.2 (2001) 149-163

2002

• Pecat i reconciliació en l’Apocalipsi siríac de Baruc / Joan Ferrer / In Perdó i reconciliació en la tradició jueva (2002 Puig i Tàrrech), edited volume, 223-232

• Afterlife Expectations in Pseudo-Philo, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch, and Their Implications for the New Testament / Daniel J. Harrington / in R. Bieringer, et al. (eds.), Resurrection in the New Testament. Festschrift J. Lambrecht (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, 165; Leuven: Peeters, 2002), p.21-34

2003

• Sui rapporti tra 2Baruc e 4Ezra: per un’analisi dell’apocalittica "danielico-storica" del I sec. e.v. / Marcello Del Verme / Orpheus 24.1-2 (2003) 30-54

• The "Holy Land" in Pseudo-Philo, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch / Daniel J. Harrington / Emanuel (2003 Paul), edited volume, 661-672

2005

• Ort und Funktion der Wolkenvision und ihrer Deutung in der syrischen Baruchapokalypse. Eine These zu deren thematischer Entfaltung / Martin Leuenberger / Journal for the Study of Judaism 36.2 (2005) 206-246

2006

• From Jeremiah to Baruch: Pseudepigraphy in the Syriac Apocalypse / Matthias Henze / in Charlotte Hempel and Judith M. Lieu (eds.), Biblical Traditions in Transmission. Essays in Honour of Michael A. Knibb (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 111; Leiden, Brill, 2006), pp.157-177

2007

• The Afterlife in Romans: Understanding Paul's Glory Motif in Light of the Apocalypse of Moses and 2 Baruch / Preston M. Sprinkle / in Michael Labahn and Manfred Lang (eds.), Lebendige Hoffnung - ewiger Tod?! Jenseitsvorstellungen im Hellenismus, Judentum und Christentum (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte, 24; Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2007), pp. 201-233

2008

• The "twenty-fifth year of Jeconiah" and the date of 2 Baruch / Daniel M. Gurtner / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18.1 (2008) 23-32

• Qoheleth and the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Matthias Henze / Vetus Testamentum 58.1 (2008) 28-43

2009

• Recognizing the righteous remnant?: Resurrection, recognition and eschatological reversals in 2 Baruch 47-52 / Liv Ingeborg Lied / Metamorphoses (2009 Seim / Økland), edited volume

2011

• Recent Scholarship on 2 Baruch: 2000-2009 / Liv Ingeborg Lied / In: Currents in Biblical Research 9.2 (2011) 238-376