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Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch
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This essay is concerned with the meaning of torah and its relationship with wisdom in late Second Temple Judaism. It has been previously argued that, as the Mosaic torah had gained dominance, the wisdom school absorbed and accommodated the Mosaic torah tradition, and yet maintained all the essential elements of the sapiential tradition. Through a study of two Jewish apocalypses, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, the essay discovers not only the sapientialization of the Mosaic torah, but also the total submission of the wisdom tradition under the authority of the Mosaic torah tradition to gain legitimacy. It argues that this is done through a submission of sapiential revelations to the Mosaic revelation received at Sinai, and a portrayal of wisdom recipients and apocalyptic visionaries as types of Moses. This process reflects religious innovation under the disguise of compliance with established, older traditions.
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This essay argues that in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch the Mosaic torah is sapientialized—spoken of as wisdom and interpreted through sapiential vocabulary—while the wisdom tradition is simultaneously subordinated to Mosaic authority. The two apocalypses achieve this by portraying Ezra and Baruch as types of Moses and by grafting their revelations into Sinai/Deuteronomic tradition.
Key findings
- Both apocalypses equate torah with wisdom and express torah obedience in sapiential terms rather than through specific halakhic rulings; torah is called “the way(s) of the Most High” in 4 Ezra and is developed through the “torah is light” metaphor in 2 Baruch.
- The paper counts words for torah (Latin *lex*, Syriac *namusa*) appearing twenty-eight times in 4 Ezra and forty-two times in 2 Baruch, showing the authors’ concern for torah obedience.
- 4 Ezra aligns Ezra’s esoteric revelations with Moses: Ezra is called like Moses from a bush, kept forty days, and receives ninety-four books—twenty-four for all and seventy esoteric books for the wise—so that new wisdom is presented as previously concealed Mosaic revelation.
- 2 Baruch presents Baruch as a second Moses/teacher of Israel; its Deuteronomic scheme of sin, punishment, repentance, and renewal is extended eschatologically, with the “bright and dark waters” vision covering twelve periods and ending in messianic restoration and the age to come.
Methods
- The study is a literary and comparative analysis of two Jewish apocalypses, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, written around the end of the first century CE as responses to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70 CE.
- It examines torah terminology, sapiential vocabulary, Moses typology, and claims about revelation in both works, with background comparison to Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha texts such as Deuteronomy, Proverbs, Sirach, 1 Baruch, and Psalm 119.
- The analysis is qualitative and text-based; no empirical sample or statistical method is used.
Limitations
- The paper states that 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch did not represent all streams of Second Temple Judaism and do not provide evidence for how the process of integrating torah and wisdom took place, though they witness the importance of writing and scriptures.
- Evident from the article’s scope: the argument rests on two apocalypses, so its conclusions are not a comprehensive survey of Second Temple Judaism or of all wisdom/apocalyptic literature.
- Evident from the article’s method: the analysis depends on close readings and translations of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, including Syriac terminology, and on interpretive judgments about literary allusions and typology.
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“The instruction (tôrâ) is not only given in the aural mode through dialogues with the angel Uriel—a wisdom teacher type of figure—but also in the visual mode in apocalyptic visions: the heavenly Jerusalem (10:25-59), a messianic figure in the image of a lion defeating the enemy in the image of an eagle (12:1-34), and a son of man figure reproving the nations and restoring the tribes of Israel (13:”
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“Those who die are not dead, but are simply preserved to be raised in the last times (27:14; 30:2; 42:8; 50:2).”
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“however, the life in this world promised in Deuteronomy is interpreted as eternal life in the age to come in 2 Baruch.”
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“For 4 Ezra, even the infinite esoteric wisdom (represented by the seventy books) is turned into written torah in order to acquire its divinely derived authority, through Ezra the scribe of the Most High and his five assistant scribes, to be read and understood only by the “wise”;”
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“Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch did not represent all streams of Second Temple Judaism.”
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“Real reward for those who obey the torah, therefore, is in the age to come.”
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“The review of history presented as a vision is precisely the Deuteronomic history.”
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“In 4 Ezra this is done by attributing the entire Tanakh as well as all other books of esoteric teaching to Mosaic revelation;”
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“In conclusion, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch understand and articulate their idea of torah in a way that is characteristic of the sapientialization of the Mosaic tradition in the Second Temple period.”
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“Earthly prosperity is not entirely denied, but anticipated for in the messianic era;”
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“Throughout the apocalypse he lives up to it, as he stubbornly demands to comprehend (3:31), strives to understand (4:12; 5:34; 8:4), searches out the way of the Most High (12:4), beseeches (4:22; 5:56; 12:6; 13:13), and inquires (4:23).”
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“He engages the angel Uriel in three dialogues to inquire about the reason for Israel's afflictions and what the future holds; he prays and fasts in order to know God's will and the eschatological secrets.”
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“In 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch a similar pattern is discernible: there is a lack of specific discussion of commandments and halakhic rules; instead, torah obedience is expressed in terms of pursuing knowledge and striving to obtain divine teaching.”
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“The dark waters symbolize the “bad” periods represented by Adam and the following generations, Israel's enslavement in Egypt, the Amorites and the days of the Judges, Jeroboam, Manasseh, and the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.”
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“Both claim authority for the wisdom received by their respective protagonist; however, the authority of the “new” revelation must be aligned with the Mosaic torah.”
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“whereas for 2 Baruch, the intermediary between God and the covenant people will be the torah itself, accessible through teachers and interpreters the torah shall bring about-scribes like Baruch himself.”
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“Firstly, longevity in itself is made of no value; instead, what matters are the benefits one's life brings to himself and to humanity.”
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“in 2 Baruch, on the other hand, Israel's wise leaders in the future will be interpreters of the Mosaic torah, and divine revelations are only found through interpretations of torah.”
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“Both achieve this by characterizing their protagonist as a type of Moses: 4 Ezra as the second giver of torah, and Baruch as the torah teacher.”
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“It functions as both an overview and a summary of divine revelation through biblical history and through the eschatological knowledge received by Baruch.”
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“As the Mosaic, sapiential, prophetic and apocalyptic traditions meet in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, there is no evidence that the ancient authors perceived any conflict or confrontation between them; instead, the diverse traditions were made to show conformity and continuity with the revelation of Sinai.”
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“The wisdom of God Baruch has received reveals an imminent end of this age and the advent of a messianic era, followed by the age to come.”
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“Both also submit their own wisdom teaching under the authority of Moses, 4 Ezra by grafting the esoteric knowledge it propagates into the Sinaitic torah tradition, and 2 Baruch by presenting an eschatological interpretation to the Deuteronomic scheme and subordinating wisdom teaching to the Deuteronomic worldview enshrined in the name of Moses.”
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“The author attaches great significance to it by both describing its visual aspects and giving a detailed verbal explanation by the angel Remiel.”
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“It is the last vision before Baruch writing the epistle and departing from this world.”
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“What comes after, the last bright waters, is not only the reward promised by the Deuteronomic scheme, but also the end of this age along with all its afflictions and imperfections, according to the wisdom of Baruch's apocalyptic revelation.”
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“Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch, products of the very end of Second Temple Judaism, do not provide evidence for how the process took place, but they do witness the monumental importance of writing and scriptures;”
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“After these twelve periods, Baruch sees a last surge of dark waters, representing the sorrows and woes while the world anticipates the end.”
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“This ingenuity is most clearly demonstrated in Baruch's vision of the “bright and dark waters” (chs.53-74), which occupies a strategic position in the book's literary structure.”
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“They are followed by another surge of bright waters, symbolizing the coming of the Messiah and the consummation of time.”
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“The bright waters, on the other hand, symbolize the “good” periods of Israelite history, represented by Abrahamic patriarchs, Moses, David and Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah, and the return from the exile and the rebuilding of the temple.”
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“Although debate over its origins is far from being settled, both prophecy and wisdom have been identified as key influences.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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- Not matchedcites Hanson, Dawn of Apocalyptic
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“The same process of double alignment also occurs in 2 Baruch: the teaching of Baruch is essentially the same teaching of Moses, and Baruch is the second Moses, the teacher of Israel.”
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“The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple triggered the covenant crisis, which led 4 Ezra to a cry for the restoration of the torah.”
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“Now in the same manner, Ezra is kept from his people for forty days (14:23) before he is given the wisdom to dictate the entire torah, an intentional reference to the forty-day period in which Moses received the Ten Commandments (Exod 34:28).”
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“whereas in 4 Ezra, torah is compared to a seed to be sown, or food and drinks to be consumed”
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“The systematic conceptualization of the light metaphor is better seen if the writing is read in Syriac.”
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“The strong sapiential inclination in both apocalypses is clearly visible in two ways: that torah is identified as wisdom and talked about in sapiential terminology; and that each protagonist is portrayed as a seeker or a teacher of wisdom.”
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“Not only is the angel Uriel presented as a wisdom teacher, Ezra, the protagonist of the apocalypse, is also portrayed as a sapiential figure.”
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- Not matchedcites Gore-Jones, 'Unity and Coherence'
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“The third and final reason for choosing 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch is their strategic position in time: situated at the conclusion of the Second Temple period, they are a precursor to both Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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“In addition, both apocalypses were fictitiously set in the period after the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE by the Babylonians, and pseudepigraphically attributed to biblical Ezra and Baruch, two representative figures associated with torah and scribal traditions of the Hebrew Bible.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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“The way Levenson sums up the image of the psalmist in the torah-wisdom Ps 119 also fits Ezra perfectly; he is one whose exclamations are constantly heard”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2
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“Through a study of two Jewish apocalypses, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, the essay discovers not only the sapientialization of the Mosaic torah, but also the total submission of the wisdom tradition under the authority of the Mosaic torah tradition to gain legitimacy.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Abstract
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“It has been previously argued that, as the Mosaic torah had gained dominance, the wisdom school absorbed and accommodated the Mosaic torah tradition, and yet maintained all the essential elements of the sapiential tradition.”
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“Sanders concludes that the wisdom school absorbed and accommodated the Mosaic torah tradition, yet maintained all the essential elements of the sapiential tradition.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Abstract
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“in 2 Baruch torah is light that enables one to see the way, to dissipate darkness, to give life, and as a lamp to be passed down from Moses to Israel and their descendants.”
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“In the narrative all these things would then be written down and counted as God's torah.”
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“Nevertheless, 4 Ezra never departs from the conviction that torah foremost refers to the law of Moses and has its roots in Israel's Sinaitic tradition.”
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“Torah is equated with the covenant (5:29).”
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“Therefore, the understanding of torah and wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch also foreshadows later Jewish and Christian development of these traditions.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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“Like in Sirach, so in 4 Ezra torah is identified as divine wisdom; in particular, torah is the law given at Sinai, a book/books of covenant.”
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“On the other hand, both apocalypses show an unmistakable sapiential outlook; their affinity to wisdom books and the wisdom tradition, such as Job, Proverbs, Qoheleth, and torah-wisdom Psalms, has been explored in many previous studies.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2
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- Not matchedcites Knibb, 'Apocalyptic and Wisdom'
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- Not matchedcites Hogan, Theologies in Conflict
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- Not matchedcites Kim, 'Wisdom and Apocalyptic'
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“We have seen above that 4 Ezra proposes an eschatological solution to the covenantal crisis and turns esoteric wisdom into torah, thus expanding the content of torah.”
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“For our purpose here, it is clearly a literary strategy to reconcile the potential confrontation of the two torahs, one through Moses, and the other, Ezra.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2.2.1
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“The close affinity of the two apocalyptic works to rabbinic circles has been well observed by several scholars.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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- Not matchedcites Longenecker, 'Locating 4 Ezra'
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- Not matchedcites Bogaert, L' Apocalypse
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“Ezra, on the other hand, is also like the sagely Job, whose questions are not answered directly, but who is given a glimpse of unfathomable divine mysteries.”
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“Prophets and teachers pass, but the torah abides.”
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“The esoteric part had been unknown because it had been concealed by God's command.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2.2.1
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“namely, the total submission of wisdom under the supremacy of Moses.Both 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch also demonstrate this.”
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“It argues that this is done through a submission of sapiential revelations to the Mosaic revelation received at Sinai, and a portrayal of wisdom recipients and apocalyptic visionaries as types of Moses.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Abstract
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“Secondly, both 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch belong to the apocalyptic literary genre, which itself was a product of the amalgamation of diverse traditions in the Second Temple period.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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- Not matchedcites Hanson, Dawn of Apocalyptic
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- Not matchedcites Collins, 'Prophecy to Apocalypticism'
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- Not matchedcites von Rad, Theologie
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“As I have stated above, torah for 4 Ezra has a broad range of meaning that encompasses divine revelation written and unwritten, and ultimately the wisdom of God.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2.2.1
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“Firstly, it is believed that both works represented Jewish response to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70 CE.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > Introduction1
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- Not matchedcites Stone, Fourth Ezra
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“In this sense, torah is another word for Israel's covenant and identity.”
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“Finally, it is not a new idea that scripturalization and the scribal class served as the nexus and crucible for the process of integration of various traditions,89 especially the merging of torah and wisdom.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 3 Conclusion
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“In it he sees the entire human history, especially biblical history, divided into twelve periods, represented by bright and dark waters alternating, pouring down from a primeval cloud symbolizing time foreordained by God.”
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“It is noteworthy as well that they are expressed in a common sapiential parlance”
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“Torah indeed adopted the wisdom lens and voice; but wisdom itself eventually had to gain authority and legitimacy by becoming part of the ancient torah mediated through Moses.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 3 Conclusion
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“The apocalyptic wisdom of Baruch does not negate the Mosaic teaching in Deuteronomy; on the contrary, it complements the latter and offers itself as a useful solution to the otherwise endless vicious cycle of sin and punishment in the Deuteronomic scheme.”
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“It is also interesting how Ezra the scribe figure in the apocalypse combines the three traditional offices of sage, lawgiver, and prophet in one.”
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“Mroczek, however, argues that the number should be understood symbolically, rather than strictly realistically.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2
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- Not matchedcites Mroczek
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“This is how the eschatological worldview has put an end to the vicious cycle of sin and punishment and turned the Deuteronomic promise of reward into permanent good news.”
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“The genius of 2 Baruch, as Henze comments, indeed lies in its ability of integrating multiple strands of Jewish thoughts, especially the seemingly mutually exclusive Deuteronomic and eschatological worldviews.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2.2.1
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- Not matchedcites Henze, “Torah and Eschatology,” 204
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“The biblical foundation of such a metaphor is specifically found in prophetic and wisdom literature”
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“For 4 Ezra, however, what has been lost is not only guidance, but more precisely the covenant in written form.”
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“Torah is thus one entity encompassing law, secret revelations, spoken prophetic words, and written books-ultimately God's wisdom.”
§ Torah as Wisdom in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch > 2
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“The repeated exhortation calling the people to prepare their hearts and souls for that which is to come strongly illustrates this point:”
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Scribal schools played a crucial role in the transmission and integration of various traditions in the Second Temple period.
“Historically, scribal schools were likely to have played a crucial role in the transmission and integration of various traditions.”
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The wisdom tradition and the Mosaic torah tradition are distinct entities that can be said to interact, absorb, or submit to one another.
“In the postexilic period, a complex phenomenon further emerged, namely the convergence of the concepts of torah and wisdom.”
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The Deuteronomic promise consists of land, longevity and worldly prosperity.
“Within the context of the catastrophic destruction of the Second Temple, it can hardly be the Deuteronomic promise of land, longevity and worldly prosperity.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gore-Jones, L.
- Affiliations
- St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College Surry Hills NSW Australia
- Corresponding author
- Gore-Jones, Lydia
- ORCID
- Gore-Jones, Lydia
- Venue
- Journal for the Study of Judaism
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2021-02-23
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 388-416
- ISSN
- 0047-2212 (ISSN-L)
- 1570-0631
- OpenAlex
- W3134877983
- Semantic Scholar
- c7792372e6b240974b9a218ac95f3d7d1957a155
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 4.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Journal for the Study of Judaism (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Keywords
- Pentateuch, wisdom, 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, Second Temple Judaism, Jewish apocalypses, Moses, religious innovation
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