4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: Translations, Introductions, and Notes

Name: 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: Translations, Introductions, and Notes
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ISBN: 9780800699680

By: Michael E. Stone, Matthias Henze

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* Written duirng the first century A.D. in the wake of the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra are both apocalypses but take alternate approaches to sin, the law, and other issues. This fresh translation arranges the texts in parallel columns to illuminate the two books' interrelationship---and highlight their differences. 160 pages, softcover from Fortress.

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Title: 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: Translations, Introductions, and Notes
By: Michael E. Stone, Matthias Henze
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
Vendor: Fortress Press

Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 0800699688
ISBN-13: 9780800699680
Stock No: WW699680

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Fresh translations of early Jewish texts 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, written in the decades after the Judean War, which saw Jerusalem conquered, the temple destroyed, and Judaism changed forever.

This handy volume makes these two important texts accessible to students, provides expert introductions, and illuminates the interrelationship of the texts through parallel columns.

Author Bio

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Matthias Henze is Isla Carroll and Perry E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and early Judaism and founding director of the program in Jewish studies at Rice University. He has written or edited books on biblical interpretation at Qumran and early Judaism and on various early Jewish writings, including the coauthored 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: Translations, Introductions, and Notes (Fortress Press, 2013).

Michael E. Stone is professor of Armenian studies and Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Religious Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the author of numerous books and scholarly articles in biblical, early Jewish, and Armenian studies. He is the editor of Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period (Fortress and van Gorcum, 1984), the author of 4 Ezra (Hermeneia; Fortress, 1990), and with George W. E. Nickelsburg, coeditor of Early Judaism: Texts and Documents on Faith and Piety, rev. ed. (Fortress, 2009).