3 Baruch

3 Baruch or the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch is a visionary, pseudepigraphic text written some time between the fall of Jerusalem to the Roman Empire in 70 AD[1][2][page needed] and the third century AD.[1][3] Scholars disagree on whether it was written by a Jew or a Christian, or whether a clear distinction can be made in this era.[1] It is one of the Pseudepigrapha, attributed to the 6th-century BC scribe of Jeremiah, Baruch ben Neriah, and does not form part of the biblical canon of either Jews or Christians.[citation needed] It survives in certain Greek manuscripts, and also in a few Old Church Slavonic ones.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Lee 2001, p. 158.
  2. ^ Harris, Stephen L. (1985). Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-87484-696-6.
  3. ^ Charlesworth, James H., ed. (2007). The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300140194.