4 Baruch (Paralipomena of Jeremiah)

Also known as the Paralipomena of Jeremiah — " things left out of Jeremiah." A pseudepigraphical text set during the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem, preserved as Scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.|||The full-length text survives in Greek (10th–11th c.), Ge'ez, Armenian, and Slavic. Shorter versions exist in Greek, Romanian, and Slavic.|||Usually dated to the first half of the 2nd century CE. The key clue is Abimelech's sleep of 66 years (instead of 70), pointing to 136 CE.|||Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Canonical, known as " Rest of the Words of Baruch." Eritrean Orthodox: Canonical. All other Christian traditions: not canonical. Jewish: not canonical.|||Post-70 CE Judaism. Window into Jewish responses to the Temple's destruction. Jeremiah traditions. Resurrection hope.|||Allison, D. C. 4 Baruch: Paraleipomena Jeremiou. De Gruyter, 2019.|||Kraft, R. A., & Purintun, A.-E. Paraleipomena Jeremiou. SBL, 1972.|||Charlesworth, J. H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2. Doubleday, 1985.|||4 Baruch — Early Jewish Writings|https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/4baruch.html|Full translation and scholarly resources.;; 4 Baruch — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Baruch|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" Blessed are you, Baruch, because you have seen the consolation of Zion." — 4 Baruch (paraphrase)