The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) in Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity

This volume provides a study of the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch), one of the most neglected of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. It discusses such introductory issues as text, genre, setting and function and examines the chief critical issues in the study of this document, including the literary integrity of the work and its original Jewish or Christian authorship. The author then proceeds to offer an interpretation of 3 Baruch as both a Jewish and Christian text. His study succeeds in situating 3 Baruch within post-70 Hellenistic Judaism and in clarifying the early Christian interest in adapting, editing and transmitting the work. Scholars and students of ancient Judaism and early Christianity, particularly those with an interest in the Christian reworking of Jewish apocryphal literature, should find this study to be of interest.