Universalism in 3 Baruch
This article argues that universalistic themes of the apocalyptic work 3 Baruch should be seen as evidence for the integrity of the text's ending. The author of the work emphasizes the unity of the human condition through a firmly structured cosmology and universalistic moral demands. The text...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Apocalypse of Baruch
/ Universalism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Ascent
B Temple B Apocalypse B Michael B Tower of Babel B Universalism B Cosmology B Phoenix B Baruch B 3 Baruch: Greek-Slavonic Apocalypse of Baruch (Book) B APOCALYPTIC literature (Christian literature) |
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| Summary: | This article argues that universalistic themes of the apocalyptic work 3 Baruch should be seen as evidence for the integrity of the text's ending. The author of the work emphasizes the unity of the human condition through a firmly structured cosmology and universalistic moral demands. The text presents the figures associated with the Tower of Babel, a vision of a phoenix protecting the world, and a heavenly temple scene with the archangel Michael, as helping the seer Baruch to acknowledge God's dominion over the world. 3 Baruch presents God's glory as tied to a concern for all people and control over the cosmos. The structure and episodes created by the author of the text work to downplay Jewish particularism and halakhic commands as a response to the destruction of the Temple by the Romans. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0951820716651230 |