Verhängnis und Verheissung der Geschichte (1969 Harnisch), book
Verhängnis und Verheissung der Geschichte. Untersuchungen zum Zeit- und Geschichtsverständnis im 4. Buch Esra und in der syr. Baruchapokalypse (1969) is a book by Wolfgang Harnisch.
Abstract
Harnish argued that the theology of 4 Ezra does not differ substantially from that of 2 Baruch. Both texts were the product of the same group.
He saw in the positions initially presented by the character of Ezra the evidence of a "gnosticizing" party that the author of 4 Ezra intended to oppose.
Editions and translations
Published in Göttingen [Germany], Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1969.