Baruch ben Neriah
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Baruch ben Neriah was the scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah. He is traditionally credited with authoring the Book of Baruch.
Baruch ben Neria from the Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553).
Statue of Baruch by Aleijadinho
An image of Baruch from Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours.
Baruch Bulla
Jeremiah
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Jeremiah, also called Jeremias, and occasionally in older English texts Jeremy, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the book that bears
Baruch ben Neriah
…Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּה Bārūḵ ben Nērīyyā; c. 6th century BC) was the scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah. He is traditionally credited with authoring the Book of Baruch. According to Josephus, Baruch was a Jewish aristocrat, a son of Neriah and brother of…
Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem by Horace Vernet, 1844
Russian Orthodox icon of Jeremias
Irmiya taming animals in the wilderness.
Jeremiah by Enrico Glicenstein