Andrei A. Orlov

The Flooded Arboretums: The Garden Traditions in the Slavonic Version of 3 Baruch and the Book of Giants

Introduction        

The apocalypse known as 3 Baruch depicts a celestial tour during which an angelic guide leads a visionary through five heavens revealing to him the wonders of the upper realm. Scholars have noted that some details of this heavenly journey resonate with the visionary accounts found in Enochic materials.[1] Despite the similarities, the author of 3 Baruch seems to avoid making direct references to the motifs and themes associated with Enochic tradition. In the r