biography
pronunciation:
[barukh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (7th–6th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Biblical character, described as the companion and secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 36), possibly of a wealthy family. His name became attached to several Jewish works of much later date, known as: 1 Baruch (the Book of Baruch); 2 (the Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch; and 3 (the Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch. There is also a Christian Apocalypse of Baruch in Ethiopic. |
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