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Baruch—Jeremiah’s Faithful SecretaryThe Watchtower—2006 | August 15
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In recent years discoveries of two bullaea from the seventh century B.C.E. with the text “Belonging to Berekhyahu [Baruch’s Hebrew name], son of Neriyahu [Neriah’s Hebrew name], the Scribe,” have aroused scholars’ interest in this Bible character.
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Baruch—Jeremiah’s Faithful SecretaryThe Watchtower—2006 | August 15
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The publication Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals adds another argument for the status of Baruch: “Since the bulla of Berekhyahu was found together with a large group of bullae of other high officials, it is reasonable to assume that Baruch/Berekhyahu was acting within the same official framework in which the other officials were operating.”
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Baruch—Jeremiah’s Faithful SecretaryThe Watchtower—2006 | August 15
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a A bulla is a small lump of clay used to seal the string tying an important document. The clay was impressed with a seal that identified the owner or sender.
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Baruch—Jeremiah’s Faithful SecretaryThe Watchtower—2006 | August 15
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[Picture on page 16]
Baruch’s bulla
[Credit Line]
Bulla: Courtesy of Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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