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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Daniel M.GurtnerOn the Other Side of Disaster: Soteriology in <i>2 Baruch</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/W94P4W8Qhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/W94P4W8Qhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/W94P4W8QDaniel M.GurtnerThis World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early JudaismLondonT&T Clark2011114-126Library of Second Temple Studies 74This essay seeks to examine the subject of soteriology or “salvation” broadly conceived by 2 Baruch. The difficulties are intrinsic, for it presumes that the book has a “soteriology”—a Christian term sometimes employed anachronistically with literature of the Second Temple period. Our object, then, will be to examine the text itself, looking for the plan and purpose of the book, and how any idea of “salvation” is conceived. Here, methodologically, we are casting our nets rather broadly within an eschatological realm and consider any concepts such as “Paradise” and afterlife, a heavenly Jerusalem, a restoration for God’s people, and the “world to come” all within the scheme of the book—generally any subject that is typically associated with soteriology will be gathered through a comprehensive study of the book. We will try to synthesize as best we can all this data to discern if and how the concept of soteriology—broadly conceived—is addressed within 2 Baruch’s overall framework. The subject is taken up by Richard Bauckham, who contends that Baruch’s perspective indicates that “salvation is to be found not in this transient world, but in the eternal age to come.” This is helpful and requires some development. This essay will look to articulate what Baruch’s conception of salvation is, and the nature of acquiring it in the world to come.
Gurtner, Daniel M. “On the Other Side of Disaster: Soteriology in 2 Baruch.” In This World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early Judaism, edited by Daniel M. Gurtner, 114–26. Library of Second Temple Studies 74. London: T&T Clark, 2011.
Daniel M. Gurtner, On the Other Side of Disaster: Soteriology in 2 Baruch,” in This World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early Judaism, ed. Daniel M. Gurtner, Library of Second Temple Studies 74 (London: T&T Clark, 2011), 114–26.2 BaruchOT apocryphasoteriology