Baruk
Beta Israel · mortal · Beta Israel traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Baruk, the scribe of Jeremiah, is the visionary seer of the Te'ezaza Sanbat, the Beta Israel 'Commandments of the Sabbath.' A great angel, named Sutu'el and often identified with Suriel, appears and exalts Baruch heavenward, letting him see all things hidden and manifest and bringing him into the heavenly Jerusalem, where he beholds high and established thrones, adorned places and shining crowns, and learns the rewards laid up for those who keep the Sabbath and the punishments for those who profane it. The Beta Israel work draws on the older Baruch apocrypha, reworked with Enochic and aggadic material.
Domains
- scribal wisdom
- revelation teaching
Powers
- beholds the heavenly Jerusalem
Epithets
- Baruk ṣäḥafi — Baruch the scribeJoseph Halévy (ed.), Te'ezaza Sanbat: Commandements du Sabbat, Paris, 1902. (secondary)
Relations
- companion: SurielThe angel Sutu'el/Suriel raises Baruch to the heavenly Jerusalem.Te'ezaza Sanbat, in Wolf Leslau, Falasha Anthology, Yale University Press, 1951, pp. 3–39. (primary)
Sources
- In the Te'ezaza Sanbat a great angel exalts the scribe Baruch to the heavenly Jerusalem, where he sees its thrones, crowns and the fates of souls.: Te'ezaza Sanbat, in Wolf Leslau, Falasha Anthology, Yale University Press, 1951, pp. 3–39. (primary)