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FourthEzra and SecondBaruch Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Editor BenjaminG.Wright,III DepartmentofReligionStudies,LehighUniversity AssociateEditors HindyNajman DepartmentofReligiousStudies,YaleUniversity EibertJ.C.Tigchelaar FacultyofTheologyandReligiousStudies,KULeuven AdvisoryBoard a.m.berlin–k.berthelot–r.bloch– g.bohak–j.j.collins–j.duhaime–k.hogan– p.w.vanderhorst–o.irshai–a.k.petersen–s.mason– j.h.newman–m.r.niehoff–m.popović–i.rosen-zvi– j.t.a.g.m.vanruiten–m.segal–j.sievers–g.stemberger– l.t.stuckenbruck–j.c.devos VOLUME164 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/jsjs Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch Reconstruction after the Fall Editedby MatthiasHenze GabrieleBoccaccini WiththeCollaborationof 
JasonM.Zurawski LEIDEN•BOSTON 2013 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData FourthEzraandSecondBaruch:reconstructionafterthefall/editedbyMatthiasHenze,Gabriele Boccaccini,withthecollaborationofJasonM.Zurawski. pagescm.–(SupplementstotheJournalforthestudyofJudaism,ISSN1384-2161;volume164) Includesindex. ISBN978-90-04-25867-9(hardback:alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-25881-5(e-book) 1.Bible.Apocrypha.Esdras,2nd–Criticism,interpretation,etc.2.SyriacApocalypseof Baruch–Criticism,interpretation,etc.I.Henze,Matthias,editorofcompilation. BS1715.52.F682013 229'.1–dc23 2013029369 Thispublicationhasbeentypesetinthemultilingual“Brill”typeface.Withover5,100 characterscoveringLatin,IPA,Greek,andCyrillic,thistypefaceisespeciallysuitablefor useinthehumanities.Formoreinformation,pleaseseewww.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN1384-2161 ISBN978-90-04-25867-9(hardback) ISBN978-90-04-25881-5(e-book) Copyright2013byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishersandMartinusNijhoffPublishers. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. Inmemoryof HananEshel,ל״ז July25,1958–April8,2010 ע״שׁתןסינבד״כ־ח״ישׁתבאב׳ח Scholar,teacher,friend CONTENTS Preface.................................................................. xi PART1 INTRODUCTION 4Ezraand2Baruch:TheStatusQuaestionis ............................ 3 MatthiasHenze PART2 4EZRA,2BARUCH ANDPRE-70CEJEWISHLITERATURE 4Ezraand2BaruchinLightofQumranLiterature ..................... 31 DevorahDimant TheEvilnessofHumanNaturein1Enoch,Jubilees,Paul,and4Ezra:A SecondTempleJewishDebate...................................... 63 GabrieleBoccaccini PART3 PSEUDEPIGRAPHYIN4EZRAAND2BARUCH EnochandEzra......................................................... 83 JohnJ.Collins TraditionaryProcessesandTextualUnityin4Ezra..................... 99 HindyNajman WhoIsthe‘I’of4Ezra? ................................................. 119 LorenzoDiTommaso viii contents PART4 ACLOSEREADINGOF4EZRAAND2BARUCH Ezra’sVisionoftheLady:TheFormandFunctionofaTurningPoint .. 137 LorenT.Stuckenbruck TheEpistleofBaruchandItsRolein2Baruch.......................... 151 LutzDoering TheOtherworldlyMediatorsin4Ezraand2Baruch:AComparison withAngelicMediatorsinAscentApocalypsesandinDaniel, Ezekiel,andZechariah ............................................. 175 BenjaminE.Reynolds BaruchasaProphetin2Baruch ........................................ 195 BalázsTamási PART5 THESOCIALANDHISTORICAL CONTEXTOF4EZRAAND2BARUCH 4Ezraand2BaruchinSocialandHistoricalPerspective................ 221 LesterL.Grabbe WhyEzraandNotEnoch?RewritingtheScriptoftheFirstExilewith theHopeforaPromptRestorationofZion’sFortunes.............. 237 PierluigiPiovanelli PART6 4EZRA,2BARUCH,ANDEARLYCHRISTIANITY TheUsesofApocalypticEschatology................................... 253 AdelaYarbroCollins ANewTestamentReader’sGuideto2Baruch:Ora2BaruchReader’s GuidetotheNewTestament ....................................... 271 GeorgeW.E.Nickelsburg OnaPossibleBaptismalBackgroundof4Ezra13:3–6................... 295 AlexanderToepel contents ix TheNatureoftheResurrectedBodies:2BaruchandtheNew Testament .......................................................... 309 EugenJ.Pentiuc PART7 4EZRA,2BARUCH,ANDPOST-70CEJEWISHLITERATURE Enoch,Ezra,andtheJewishnessof“HighChristology” ................. 337 DanielBoyarin 4Ezraand2Baruchwiththe(Dis-)AdvantageofRabbinicHindsight.. 363 StevenD.Fraade PART8 THENACHLEBEN OF4EZRAAND2BARUCH ThePreservationof4EzraintheVulgate:ThankstoAmbrose,Not Jerome.............................................................. 381 KarinaMartinHogan NachlebenandTextualIdentity:VariantsandVarianceinthe ReceptionHistoryof2Baruch ...................................... 403 LivIngeborgLied IndexofModernAuthors............................................... 429 IndexofAncientSources ............................................... 434

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The two Jewish works that are the subject of this volume, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, were written around the turn of the first century CE in the aftermath of the Roman destruction of the Second Temple. Both texts are apocalypses, and both occupy an important place in early Jewish literature and thought: t
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