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OverviewExplores the paradoxical symmetry between the divine and demonic in early Jewish mystical texts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrei A. OrlovPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438455822ISBN 10: 1438455828 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 02 January 2016 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction-The Right in the Left: The Divine and the Demonic in the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch Part I. Studies in the Apocalypse of Abraham The Curses of Azazel The Cosmological Temple in the Apocalypse of Abraham The Demise of the Antagonist in the Apocalyptic Scapegoat Tradition The Nourishment of Azazel The Messianic Scapegoat in the Apocalypse of Abraham Part II. Studies in 2 Enoch Adoil Outside the Cosmos: God Before and After Creation of Enochic Tradition The Veneration Motif in the Temptation Narrative of the Gospel of Matthew: Lessons from the Enochic Tradition Primordial Lights: The Logos and Adoil in the Johannine Prologue and 2 Enoch Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAn impressively productive scholar, Orlov is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in the so-called Slavonic pseudepigrapha, a group of Jewish apocalyptic texts from the Second Temple Period whose origins and transmission history is especially obscure. Divine Scapegoats demonstrates once more Orlov's mastery of these texts. - H-Net Reviews (H-Judaic) ...Divine Scapegoats ... injects new insights into our understanding of the early foundations of the Jewish mystical tradition ... [and] is a valuable contribution to Sephardic studies. With its bibliography and very extensive notes it should find a place in academic libraries. - AJL Reviews An impressively productive scholar, Orlov is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in the so-called Slavonic pseudepigrapha, a group of Jewish apocalyptic texts from the Second Temple Period whose origins and transmission history is especially obscure. Divine Scapegoats demonstrates once more Orlov's mastery of these texts. - H-Net Reviews (H-Judaic) Author InformationAndrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He is the author of several books, including Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology, also published by SUNY Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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