Deuterocanon / Baruch
Hebrew Bible
- Baruch 1:5 - Nehemiah 1:4
- Baruch 1:12 - Psalm 38:11
- Baruch 1:17 - Nehemiah 1:6
- Baruch 2:17 - Psalm 6:5
- Baruch 2:23 - Jeremiah 7:34
- Baruch 2:24 - Jeremiah 8:1
- Baruch 3:8 - Jeremiah 29:22
- Baruch 3:9 - Deuteronomy 30:15
- Baruch 3:12 - Jeremiah 2:13
- Baruch 3:16 - Jeremiah 27:6
- Baruch 3:20 - Psalm 49:19
- Baruch 3:23 - 1 Chronicles 5:10
- Baruch 3:34 - Job 38:7
- Baruch 4:7 - Deuteronomy 32:17
- Baruch 4:12 - Lamentations 1:1
- Baruch 4:24 - Isaiah 60:1
- Baruch 4:24 - Deuteronomy 33:2
- Baruch 4:25 - Isaiah 51:23
- Baruch 4:35 - Isaiah 34:10
- Baruch 5:1 - Isaiah 52:1
Deuterocanon
New Testament
Patristic
- Baruch 3:9 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.10
- Baruch 3:12 - Athanasius Discourse Against the Arians 18
- Baruch 3:13 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.10
- Baruch 3:16 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.3
- Baruch 3:35 - Athanasius Discourse Against the Arians 19
- Baruch 3:35-37 - Hilary of Poitiers On the Trinity 4.42
- Baruch 4:4 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.10
- Baruch 4:20 - Athanasius Discourse Against the Arians 4
- Baruch 5:1 - Ambrose On Repentance 1.9
Summary
Date: 150-100 B.C.E.
Baruch is named after Baruch ben Neriah, Jeremiah's scribe who is mentioned at Baruch 1:1 and has been presumed to be the author of the whole work. It is a reflection of a late Jewish writer on the circumstances of Jewish exiles from Babylon. The language of Baruch and Letter of Jeremiah might suggest that they should be classified as prophecy, but the frame is a literary device. The content sometimes speaks of prophecy, but at other times it relates more to wisdom, and this is how the two books are categorized. Since Baruch and Letter of Jeremiah circulated together in ancient Bibles, the Letter of Jeremiah was often numbered as Baruch 6.