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Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch: Reconstruction after the Fall: 164
Author(s): Matthias Henze (Editor), Gabriele Boccaccini
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 20 Nov. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 472 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004258671
- ISBN-13: 9789004258679
Book Description
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: they were composed right after the Second Temple period, as Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity began to emerge.
The twenty essays in this volume were first presented and discussed at the Sixth Enoch Seminar at the Villa Cagnola at Gazzada, near Milan, Italy, on June 26-30, 2011. Together they reflect the lively debate about
4 Ezra and 2 Baruch among the most distinguished specialists in the field.The Contributors are: Gabriele Boccaccini; Daniel Boyarin; John J. Collins; Devorah Dimant; Lutz Doering; Lorenzo DiTommaso; Steven Fraade; Lester L. Grabbe; Matthias Henze; Karina M. Hoogan; Liv Ingeborg Lied; Hindy Najman; George W.E. Nickelsburg; Eugen Pentiuc; Pierluigi Piovanelli; Benjamin Reynolds; Loren Stuckenbruck; Balázs Tamási; Alexander Toepel; Adela Yarbro Collins
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About the Author
Matthias Henze, Ph.D. (1997), is the Watt J. and Lilly G. Jackson Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University. His publications on the literature of the Second Temple include The Madness of Nebuchadnezzar (1999) and Jewish Apocalypticism (2011).
Gabriele Boccaccini, Ph.D. (1991) in Judaic Studies, University of Turin, Italy, Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins at the University of Michigan and Founding Director of the Enoch Seminar has published extensively on Second Temple Judaism including Middle Judaism (Fortress, 1991), Beyond the Essene Hypothesis (Eerdmans, 1998) and Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (Eerdmans, 2001).
