2 Baruch

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf apocalyptic literature
pseudepigraphal work
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Syriac_Apocalypse_of_Baruch
gptkbp:attributedTo gptkb:Baruch_ben_Neriah
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Letter_of_Baruch_(chapters_78–87)
gptkbp:dateWritten late 1st century CE
early 2nd century CE
gptkbp:firstPublished 19th century (modern scholarly edition)
gptkbp:genre apocalypse
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2 Baruch
gptkbp:influenced later Jewish apocalyptic literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Book_of_Daniel
gptkb:Book_of_Jeremiah
gptkb:1_Enoch
gptkbp:language gptkb:Syriac
Greek (lost original)
gptkbp:preservedIn Syriac manuscripts
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Book_of_Baruch
gptkb:4_Ezra
gptkb:3_Baruch
gptkbp:setInPeriod 6th century BCE (narrative setting)
gptkbp:setting aftermath of the destruction of the First Temple
gptkbp:status not part of Jewish or Christian biblical canon
gptkbp:structure 87 chapters
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Jewish_eschatology
gptkb:destruction_of_Jerusalem
gptkbp:survivesIn Syriac, Arabic, and Greek fragments
gptkbp:theme gptkb:theology
resurrection
messianic hope
reward and punishment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Testament_apocrypha
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5