Book of Baruch
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Book of Baruch — The Book of Baruch, occasionally referred to as 1 Baruch, is called a deuterocanonical or apocryphal book of the Bible. Although not in the Hebrew Bible, it is found in the Greek Bible (LXX) and in the Vulgate Bible, and also in Theodotion s… … Wikipedia
Baruch — • The disciple of Jeremiah, and the traditional author of the deuto canonical book, which bears his name Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baruch Baruch … Catholic encyclopedia
Baruch ben Neriah — (c. 6th century BCE) was the scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah. According to Josephus, he was a Jewish aristocrat, a son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah ben Neriah, chamberlain of King Zedekiah of… … Wikipedia
BARUCH, REST OF THE WORDS OF — BARUCH, REST OF THE WORDS OF, apocryphal book, also called Paralipomena Jeremiae (Chronicles of Jeremiah) in its present form, a Christian reworking of a patently Jewish source. It is connected with the wider Baruch and Jeremiah literature… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Baruch — (Hebrew Name|בָּרוּךְ|Baruḫ|Bārûḵ| Blessed ) has been a given name among Jews from Biblical times up to the present, on some occasions also used as surname. It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians particularly among Protestants who … Wikipedia
BARUCH BEN SAMUEL OF MAINZ — (c. 1150–1221), scholar and paytan. Baruch was a pupil of Moses b. Solomon ha Kohen, whom he succeeded as a member of the bet din of Mainz. There is no basis for Aptowitzer s statement that a dispute for the position between him and his kinsman,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Book of Jeremiah — The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirməyāhū in Hebrew), is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaism s Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianity s Old Testament. It was originally written in a complex and poetic Hebrew (apart from… … Wikipedia
Baruch — noun 1. economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870 1965) • Syn: ↑Bernard Baruch, ↑Bernard Mannes Baruch • Instance Hypernyms: ↑financier, ↑moneyman, ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader … Useful english dictionary
Baruch, Book of — ▪ ancient text ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. The text is still extant in Greek and in several translations from Greek into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other … Universalium
Baruch — /bair euhk/ for 1; /beuh roohk / for 2, 3, n. 1. the amanuensis and friend of Jeremiah and nominal author of the book of Baruch in the Apocrypha. Jer. 32:12. 2. Bernard Mannes /man euhs/, 1870 1965, U.S. statesman and financier. 3. a male given… … Universalium
