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second baruch a critical edition of the syriac text with greek and latin fragments english translation introduction and concordances
2 baruch is a jewish pseudepigraphon from the late first or early second century ce . it is comprised of an apocalypse 2 baruch 1 77 and an epistle 2 baruch 78 87 . this ancient work addresses the important matter of theodicy in light of the destruction of the temple by the romans in 70 ce . it depicts vivid and puzzling pictures of apocalyptic images in explaining the nature of the tragedy and exhorting its ancient community of readers . gurtner provides the first publication of the syriac of both the apocalypse and epistle with a fresh english translation on the opposite page . also present in parallel form are the few places where greek and latin texts of the book . an introduction orients readers to interpretative and textual issues of the book . indexes and concordances of the syriac greek and latin will allow users to analyze the language of the text more carefully than ever before .