(_i_) THE SYRIAC APOCALYPSE OF BARUCH [LITERATURE.—Schürer, II, iii. pp. 83-93, German, ed., III, pp. 305-315; Ryssel, in Kautzsch, II, pp. 404-446; Charles, _The Apocalypse of Baruch_ (1896); and in _The Apocr. and Pseudep. of the O.T._, II, pp. 470-526.] This Baruch apocalypse is called the Syriac one because this is the language in which it has come down to us; it is to be distinguished from the “Greek Apocalypse of Baruch” § (_k_), which is an entirely different work. In its present form it is composite in character, but all its component parts may be assigned to the period A.D. 50-100. To disentangle the various elements contained in the book from one another is a very difficult task; we follow Dr. Charles in giving the following details. The authors are all Pharisees; some lived before, and some after the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70; the portions written before this date consist of an Apocalypse (xxvii.-xxx. 1), and two Visions (xxxvi.-xl. and liii.-lxxiv,); these chapters are important for the Messianic teaching contained in them. The portions written after the year A.D. 70 include the rest of the book, with the exception of a few chapters added by a final editor. The present Syriac book is a translation from a Greek version of the original Hebrew. This apocalypse is one of the most important books we possess for the study of Judaism at the beginning of the Christian era; all the vital doctrines come in for consideration—the doctrine of God, of the Law, of the Messiah, Original Sin and Free-will, Works and Justification, Forgiveness, and the Resurrection. (_j_) THE APOCALYPSE OF MOSES [LITERATURE.—Schürer, _Op. cit._, II, iii. pp. 146, 147, German ed., III, pp. 294-305; Fuchs in Kautzsch, pp. 506-528; F. C. Conybeare in the _Jewish Quarterly Review_, vii., pp. 216 ff. (1895); Charles, in the _Apocr. and Pseud. of the O.T._, II, pp. 407-424.] This Jewish work, belonging possibly to the end of the first century A.D., consists of forty-three chapters, most of which have their parallel in the fifty-one chapters of the _Life of Adam and Eve_. The original language of both was Hebrew; the latter exists now only in a Latin form, while the Apocalypse is extant in Greek and Armenian. How the book came to have the name of Moses in the title is difficult to say; he is not mentioned in the book, which is strictly a legendary life of Adam and Eve. For the study of the doctrine of sin the book has some value, but the apocalyptic elements are very sparse; the life hereafter and the resurrection are, however, referred to. (_k_) THE GREEK APOCALYPSE OF BARUCH This book does not come within our period as it was written, probably, at the end of the second century A.D.; it is only mentioned here for the purpose of pointing out again that it is to be distinguished from the “Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch” dealt with above. * * * * *