2 Baruch

The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch — a Jewish response to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Attributed to Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah, it addresses theodicy, consolation, and the hope of restoration.|||Full text survives only in Syriac (Codex Ambrosianus, 6th–7th c.). Arabic manuscript of the whole text discovered in 1974. Greek fragments from Oxyrhynchus. Letter of Baruch (chs. 78–87) attested in 36 Syriac manuscripts.|||Written in the late 1st or early 2nd century CE. Original language probably Hebrew or Aramaic; translated into Greek and then Syriac.|||Not canonical in any Christian tradition, though some Syriac liturgical manuscripts preserve it. Jewish: not canonical. Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox: classified among the Pseudepigrapha.|||A window into Jewish theological responses to the Temple's destruction. Theodicy: addresses suffering and divine justice. Messianism: develops expectations of the Messiah and resurrection.|||Charlesworth, J. H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 1. Doubleday, 1983.|||Klijn, A. F. J. "2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch." In OTP 1:615–652.|||Bogaert, P.-M. L'Apocalypse Syriaque de Baruch. Sources Chrétiennes, 1969.|||2 Baruch — Early Jewish Writings|https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/2baruch.html|Full translation and scholarly resources.;; 2 Baruch — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Baruch|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" For the righteous, the time will come when they will be made to shine, and the wicked will be consumed." — 2 Baruch 51:3