The Epistle of Second Baruch (2003 Whitters), book
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The Epistle of Second Baruch: A Study in Form and Message (2003) is a book by Mark F. Whitters.
Editions and translations
Published in Sheffield [England]: Sheffield Academic, 2003 (Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series, 42).
Abstract
"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." (From Google Libri)
Reviews
Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. Survey of the Textual Traditions and Critical Scholarship
- 2. Structure and Components of ApB and Ep2B
- 3. Letter-Writing Models for Ep2B
- 4. The Origin and Milieu of Ep2B
- Excursus 1 - When Was the Book Written?
- Excursus 2 - Testament and Ep2B