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What answer can a grieving scribe find among the strange creatures and hidden workings of the heavens?
The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch, also called 3 Baruch, begins beside the ruins of Jerusalem. Baruch weeps and asks why God lets the city fall. In the text, an angel leads him through five heavens, where unfamiliar sights turn his grief toward questions of justice, sin, and reward.
Traditionally attributed to Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah, this ancient apocalypse has an unknown author. Its visions bring together the builders of the tower, a serpent whose belly is Hades, and the chariot of the sun. Scholars debate its Jewish and Christian origins; readers encounter a striking picture of how earthly deeds matter in an unseen world.
What you’ll discover
- Grief beside the ruins Begin with Baruch's hard question, rooted in sorrow over Jerusalem rather than abstract debate.
- An angel leads upward Follow a guided ascent where each heavenly level raises questions about justice and human conduct.
- The tower builders judged Meet strange figures whose mingled human and animal forms make judgment vivid and unsettling.
- Serpent, phoenix, and sun Explore visions that place monstrous creatures beside the ordered movements of the heavens.
- The weight of deeds Encounter Michael and the bowl of human deeds in the text's vision of heavenly accountability.
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Readers who enjoy ancient visions, angels and heavenly maps from early Jewish and Christian writers will love this book, as will students of apocrypha.
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- A wounded world looks toward heaven
- Grief opens into a heavenly journey
- The tower exposes pride and cruelty
- Unchecked appetite reaches into the household
- A guardian shelters the living earth
- Prayer and goodness take visible form
- Every heaven carries a moral lesson
- Perspective takes the place of proof
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The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch
by Attributed to Baruch ben Neriah · 150
Baruch weeps over Jerusalem, then follows the angel Phamael through five heavens and encounters a sun-shielding phoenix.
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“For those who sowed virtuously will also reap virtuously.”
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Why does God let a city burn? Baruch asks that question with tears in his eyes, standing before the ruined walls of Jerusalem.
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- about AD 150by Attributed to Baruch ben Neriah
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An anonymous Greek vision from a wounded world
The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch survives in Greek and in a Slavonic version. The two differ in significant ways, which points to a long history of copying and editing. The author is unknown, and scholars still debate whether the work began in Hebrew or Aramaic or was composed in Greek.
The hero is borrowed from the Hebrew Bible. Baruch is the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah, and he lived through the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 587 BCE. Writing under a respected name gave the story the weight of an eyewitness.
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Baruch ben Neriah. The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-3-baruch.
Baruch ben Neriah. (2026). The Greek apocalypse of Baruch. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-3-baruch (Original work published ca. 150)
Baruch ben Neriah. The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-3-baruch.
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What is the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch about?
It follows Baruch, grieving over ruined Jerusalem, as the angel Phamael guides him through five heavens. He sees the builders of the tower, the serpent and Hades, the sun and moon with the phoenix, and Michael receiving the merits of the righteous.
Who wrote 3 Baruch and when?
The author is unknown. Scholars usually date the Greek text between the first and third centuries of the Common Era. It carries the name of Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah, and survives in Greek and Slavonic versions.
Who is the phoenix in the Apocalypse of Baruch?
The phoenix is a great bird that flies beside the sun's chariot. It spreads its wings to catch the burning rays, so that people and animals on earth are not destroyed. It tires each evening and wakes the cocks at dawn.
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