Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Excellent 4.8 out of 5

Trustpilot

You now have 0 of this item in your basket

Baruch Ben Neriah

From Biblical Scribe to Apocalyptic Seer [Hardback]

by J.Edward Wright

Author
J.Edward Wright
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Published
May 2003

Read full description

Click to expand

Today's Price

£40.19

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 3 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Enter the product quantity

Baruch Ben Neriah

Today's Price £40.19

Frequently Bought Together

Baruch Ben Neriah

by J.Edward Wright

Hardback

The Early History of Heaven

by J. Edward Wright (Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, USA)

Hardback

Add both to basket for £158.32

Product Description

This work traces the evolution of a biblical figure whose legacy grew from that of a scribe who edited or wrote the Book of Jeremiah to a divine sage granted a tour of heaven itself. It charts the significance of a minor figure who gradually became a larger-than-life hero in the Jewish and Christian popular imagination. In addition to exploring biblical and postbiblical depictions, it also shows how the various portrayals reveal the leadership models and religious values of early Jewish and Christian communities. It suggests that these communities reinvented Baruch to meet the pressing issues of their day. The text examines the scribe as depicted in the Bible, noting his distinction as one of the few characters whose existence can be attested by archaeological evidence. A loyal friend of Jeremiah, Baruch is recorded to have received a mysterious oracle from God in the midst of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians. The volume explores how beliefs about this message provided the postbiblical impetus for Baruch's transformation into an apocalyptic seer.