Book Review: The Epic of the Patriarch The Jacob Cycle and the Narrative Traditions of Canaan and Israel, by Ronald S Hendel Harvard Semitic Monographs 42 Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1987 200 pp $13.95; Joseph and His Family A Literary Study, by W Lee Humphreys Studies on the Personalities of the Old Testament University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 1988. 220 pp. $24.95.

1989 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-310
Author(s):  
John Van Seters
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
University Of South Carolina

J. Edward Wright. Baruch Ben Neriah: From Biblical Scribe to Apocalyptic Seer. Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. xii, 186 pp.

AJS Review ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-362
Author(s):  
Benjamin G. Wright III
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
The Middle Ages

The purpose of Wright's study is to trace “the evolution of the depictions of Baruch ben Neriah . . . from the biblical materials through the early Jewish and Christian texts and traditions that either mention Baruch or were allegedly written by him” (xi). The book succeeds admirably. In three main chapters, Wright collects and analyzes most of the material about Baruch from the first mention of him in Jeremiah as the prophet's scribal assistant to works as late as 3 Baruch that picture him as a recipient of apocalyptic visions. A fourth chapter contains traditions about Baruch in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sources into the Middle Ages.

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