This short study seeks to highlight the rhetorical use of creation imagery in the sapiential Torah exhortation of Baruch 3:9–4:4. A methodology of rhetorical criticism will principally be used to investigate the style of this “ecologically” insightful part of the poem as well as its function in the wider message of the exhortation. The few short phrases of 3:33–35 effectively bolster the overall exhortation to adhere to the divine commandments as Israel is thereby invited to an imitation of creation in its reverent, unhesitating, joyful and Patriarch-like obedience to the divine will. To paraphrase this idea, “Hear O Israel, be like the light and the stars! Learn from creation and you will live.” Finally, this study seeks to contribute to the more recent attention to the Book of Baruch by commenting further on the previously accentuated unoriginality of this marvelous short work of Second Temple Jewish literature, especially with regard to its employment of some bright “ecological” wisdom.

这项简短的研究旨在强调在巴鲁克3：9–4：4的托拉智慧劝诫中，对创造意象的修辞用法。修辞批评的方法将主要用于调查诗中“生态上”有见地的部分的风格及其在更广泛的劝诫信息中的作用。3：33–35的几个简短短语有效地增强了总体的劝诫，使他们遵守上帝的诫命，因为以色列因此被邀请以对上帝旨意的虔诚，谦卑，快乐和族长式的服从来模仿创造。用这个想法来解释：“以色列，你要听，像光明和星星一样！从创造中学习，你将活着。” 最后，