Overview

The study explores the eschatological reinterpretation of the Yom Kippur ritual found in the Apocalypse of Abraham where the protagonist of the story, the patriarch Abraham, takes on the role of a celestial goat for YHWH, while the text’s antagonist, the fallen angel Azazel, is envisioned as the demonic scapegoat. The study treats the application of the two goats typology to human and otherworldly figures in its full historical and interpretive complexity through a broad variety of Jewish and Christian sources, from the patriarchical narratives of the Hebrew Bible to early Christian materials in which Yom Kippur traditions were applied to Jesus’ story.

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Author:   Andrei Orlov
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.428kg
ISBN:  

9789004308213

ISBN 10:   9004308210
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   21 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction INTERPRETATION OF THE TWO GOATS’ IMAGERY IN EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MATERIALS Cain and Abel Isaac and Ishmael Jacob and Esau Joseph The Angel of the Divine Name and Satan in the Book of Zechariah Asael in the Book of the Watchers Barabbas and Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus as the Immolated Goat in the Epistle to the Hebrews Jesus as the Scapegoat and the Immolated Goat in Second- and Third-Century Christian Materials AZAZEL AS AN ESCHATOLOGICAL SCAPEGOAT IN THE APOCALYPSE OF ABRAHAM The Sacerdotal Vision of the Slavonic Apocalypse Azazel as a Demonic Being The Lot of Azazel The Crimson Band and the Placement of the Garment of Human Sins on Azazel The Ritual Maltreatment of the Scapegoat: Azazel’s Accursing Azazel’s Exile into the Wilderness and the Abyss Goats to Azazel: The Antagonist as the Recipient of the Scapegoats ABRAHAM AS AN ESCHATOLOGICAL GOAT FOR YHWH IN THE APOCALYPSE OF ABRAHAM Abraham as a Sacrificial Offering The Lot of God and Abraham Yahoel’s Right Hand The Garment of Abraham The Antagonistic Movements of the Goats: Abraham’s Entrance in the Celestial Holy of Holies Abraham’s Fiery Trials Abraham as the Purification Offering for the Polluted Sanctuary Conclusion Bibliography Modern Author Index Subject Index

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Andrei A. Orlov, Ph.D. in Sociology (1990), Russian Academy of Sciences, and Theology (2003), Marquette University, Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at the same institution. He has published extensively on Jewish apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism, including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Mohr/Siebeck, 2005), Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (Cambridge, 2013), and Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism (SUNY, 2015).

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