Baruch
Deuterocanonical · Major Prophets · 6 chapters
A prayer of confession by the exiles in Babylon, a poem on wisdom found in the Law and words of comfort for Jerusalem.
Exile & ReturnRepentanceWisdom
Context
- Genre
- Diaspora exhortation and poetry
- Authorship
- Baruch, secretary of JeremiahThe book was composed in several parts, probably long after Baruch.
- Date
- 2nd–1st centuries BCE
- Setting
- Babylon and Jerusalem
- Original language
- Greek; a Hebrew original is uncertain
- Related texts
- Jeremiah 29 · letter to the exilesDaniel 9 · prayer of confession