Fallen angels and the history of Judaism and Christianity the reception of Enochic literature
This book considers the early history of Jewish-Christian relations focussing on traditions about the fallen angels. In the Book of the Watchers, an Enochic apocalypse from the third century BCE, the 'sons of God' of Gen 6:1-4 are accused of corrupting humankind through their teachings of...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2005.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38390875*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Angelic descent and apocalyptic epistemology : the teachings of Enoch and the fallen angels in the Book of the watchers
- From scribalism to sectarianism : the angelic descent myth and the social settings of Enochic pseudepigraphy
- Primeval history and the problem of evil : Genesis, the Book of the watchers, and the fallen angels in pre-Rabbinic Judaism
- The parting of the ways? : Enoch and the fallen angels in Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity
- Demonology and the construction of Christian identity : approaches to illicit angelic instruction among proto-Orthodox Christians
- The interpenetration of Jewish and Christian traditions : the exegesis of Genesis and the marginalization of Enochic literature
- The apocalyptic roots of Merkabah mysticism? : the reemergence of Enochic traditions in Rabbinic Judaism
- Epilogue.
