4 Baruch, also known as the Paraleipomena of Jeremiah when combined with the Epistle of Jeremy, is a text regarded as apocryphal by all Christian denominations except for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It is reguarded as pseudepigraphal, meaning that Baruch was not the actual author. Epistle of Jeremy is an apocryphal book of the Old Testament. ... Apocrypha (from the Greek word απόκρυφα meaning those having been hidden away[1]) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. ... The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until it was granted its own Patriarch by Cyril VI, the Coptic Pope, in 1959. ... Pseudepigrapha (Greek pseudos = false, epi = after, later and grapha = writing (or writings), latterly or falsely attributed, or down right forged works, describes texts whose claimed authorship is unfounded in actuality. ... Baruch (בָּרוּךְBlessed, Standard Hebrew Baruḫ, Tiberian Hebrew Bārûḵ) is the name of three people in the Hebrew Bible: // Baruch son of Zabbai In the Book of Nehemiah Baruch son of Zabbai is listed as helping Nehemiah to repair the walls of Jerusalem [1]. Later someone called Baruch seals the...

The term Paraleipomena of Jeremiah appears as the title in several ancient Greek manuscripts of the work, and means the things left out from Jeremiah.

The text appears to have been heavily edited, and while the start and end clearly portray Jeremiah as the hero, several other parts of the text elevate Baruch, from being a mere scribe, to the status of an intermediary between Jeremiah and God. Many parts of the text are believed to have been added by Christian writers, not the least obvious being the description of Jeremiah as being stoned to death due to his prophecying the coming of Jesus. Baruch (בָּרוּךְBlessed, Standard Hebrew Baruḫ, Tiberian Hebrew Bārûḵ) is the name of three people in the Hebrew Bible: // Baruch son of Zabbai In the Book of Nehemiah Baruch son of Zabbai is listed as helping Nehemiah to repair the walls of Jerusalem [1]. Later someone called Baruch seals the... Illustration of a 15th century scribe This is about scribe, the profession. ... Prophecy, in a broad sense, is the prediction of future events. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...

The underlying theological aim of the textually earlier parts of the text seems to be the advocacy of xenophobia, the divorce of foreign wives, and exile of those who will not divorce. Indeed, those who do not divorce are portrayed as the ancestors of the Samaritans, whom the Jews regarded as unworthy of their religion. Look up xenophobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the ethnic group of this name, see Samaritan. ...

See also

• Baruch
• Book of Baruch
• 2 Baruch
• 3 Baruch

Baruch (בָּרוּךְBlessed, Standard Hebrew Baruḫ, Tiberian Hebrew Bārûḵ) is the name of three people in the Hebrew Bible: // Baruch son of Zabbai In the Book of Nehemiah Baruch son of Zabbai is listed as helping Nehemiah to repair the walls of Jerusalem [1]. Later someone called Baruch seals the... It has been suggested that Epistle of Jeremy be merged into this article or section. ... 2 Baruch or the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch is a Jewish pseudepigraphical text written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 CE. It is not part of the canon of either the Jewish or most Christian... 3 Baruch or the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch is a Jewish pseudepigraphical text written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 CE. It is not part of the canon of either the Jewish or most Christian...

For further reading

• http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/publics/pseudepig/ParJer-Eng.html - English translation
• http://www.uwo.ca/kings/ocp/index-4Bar.html - Greek text
• http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/4baruch.html
• http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/summaries/4baruch-notes.htm