Question: Name the scribe who wrote the dictations of Jeremiah.
Answer: Baruch. (Jeremiah 36:32)
Comments: According to the Jewish historian Josephus, Baruch was a Jewish aristocrat, a son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah, chamberlain of King Zedekiah of Judah (Antiquities of the Jews, Book X. Baruch not only served as amanuensis, but also read Jeremiah's prophecies when Jeremiah was in hiding to avoid the wrath of King Jehoakim. (Jeremiah 36:1-8)
Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house. (Jeremiah 36:8, NASB)
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