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Baruch - People with the given name Baruch

Biblical character, described as the companion and secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 36), possibly of a wealthy family. His name became attached to several Jewish works of much later date, known as: 1 Baruch (the Book of Baruch); 2 (the Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch; and 3 (the Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch. There is also a Christian Apocalypse of Baruch in Ethiopic.

Baruch (בָּרוּךְ"Blessed", Standard Hebrew Baruḫ, Tiberian Hebrew Bārûḵ) may refer to:

Book of Baruch or 1 Baruch, a deuterocanonical book, considered by Jews and most Protestants to be apocryphal 2 Baruch, also called the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch 3 Baruch, also called the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch 4 Baruch, also known as the Paraleipomena of Jeremiah when combined with the Epistle of Jeremy Baruch ben Neriah, aid to the prophet Jeremiah Baruch (His Dark Materials), a fictional angel in the His Dark Materials series Baruch Plan, a proposed U.S. atomic energy plan following WWII Baruch College, part of the City University of New York

Baruch may also be used for:

Baruch, son of Zabbai; If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that wikilink. Bernard Baruch, American financier

People with the given name Baruch

Baruch Spinoza, a philosopher Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli physician who attacked Muslim worshippers in 1994
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