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Barukh
Anonymous (pseudonymously attributed to Jeremiah's scribe, Baruch ben Neriah) · c. 200-100 BC; a composite of prose confession and wisdom poetry, probably assembled over time rather than written at once · place of composition unknown (Israel) · poetry
Baruch combines a penitential confession closely paralleling Daniel 9's prayer with a wisdom poem identifying Torah with divine Wisdom and a closing poem of consolation modeled on Deutero-Isaiah, all attributed pseudonymously to Jeremiah's own scribe.
Descends from
- Jeremiah · oracles delivered c. 627-580s BC; prose sermons and final redaction continuing into the early Persian period, c. 500 BC
- Daniel · court tales composed c. 3rd century BC; the apocalyptic visions of chapters 7-12 composed c. 167-164 BC, during the persecution of Antiochus IV
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