Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch

Matthias Henze, Ph.D. (1997), is the Watt J. and Lilly G. Jackson Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University. His publications on the literature of the Second Temple include The Madness of Nebuchadnezzar (1999) and Jewish Apocalypticism (2011). Gabriele Boccaccini, Ph.D. (1991) in Judaic Studies, University of Turin, Italy, Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins at the University of Michigan and Founding Director of the Enoch Seminar has published extensively on Second Temple Judaism including Middle Judaism (Fortress, 1991), Beyond the Essene Hypothesis (Eerdmans, 1998) and Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (Eerdmans, 2001).

• Part One: Introduction1. Matthias Henze, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: The Status QuaestionisPart Two: 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch and pre-70 C.E. Jewish Literature2. Devorah Dimant, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in Light of Qumran Literature3. Gabriele Boccaccini, The Evilness of Human Nature in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Paul, and 4 Ezra: A Second Temple Jewish DebatePart Three: Pseudepigraphy in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch4. John J. Collins, Enoch and Ezra5. Hindy Najman, Traditionary Processes and Textual Unity in 4 Ezra6. Lorenzo DiTommaso, Who is the ‘I’ of 4 Ezra?Part Four: A Close Reading of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch7. Loren Stuckenbruck, Ezra's Vision of the Lady: Form and Function of a Turning Point8. Lutz Doering, The Epistle of Baruch and its Role in 2 Baruch9. Benjamin Reynolds, The Otherworldly Mediators in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: A Comparison with Angelic Mediators in Ascent Apocalypses and in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Zechariah10. Balás Tamási, Baruch as a Prophet in 2 BaruchPart Five: The Social and Historical Context of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch11. Lester Grabbe, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in Social and Historical Perspective12. Pierluigi Piovanelli, Why Ezra and not Enoch? Rewriting the Script of the First Exile with the Hope for a Prompt Restoration of Zion’s FortunesPart Six: 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and Early Christianity13. Adela Yarbro Collins, The Uses of Apocalyptic Eschatology14. George Nickelsburg, A New Testament Reader’s Guide to 2 Baruch: Or A 2 Baruch Reader’s Guide to the New Testament15. Alexander Toepel, On a Possible Baptismal Background of 4 Ezra 13:3-616. Eugen Pentiuc, The Nature of the Resurrected Bodies in 2 Baruch and the New Testament Part Seven: 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and post-70 C.E. Jewish Literature17. Daniel Boyarin, Enoch, Ezra, and the Jewishness of “High Christology”18. Steven Fraade, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch with the (Dis-) Advantage of Rabbinic HindsightPart Eight: The Nachleben of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch19. Karina Hogan, The Preservation of 4 Ezra in the Vulgate: Thanks to Ambrose, not Jerome20. Liv Ingeborg Lied, Nachleben and Textual Identity: Variants and Variance in the Reception History of 2 Baruch