A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch

"all Nations Shall Be Blessed"
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24530-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1340 g

Reihe: Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha

A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch is the most comprehensive theological commentary on this important second-century BCE Jewish apocalypse to date, laying out the purpose and methodology of this Enochic allegory and using this as the basis for a new commentary on the whole text, presented here in a fresh translation. Against other interpretations that focus on Israel and its institutions, Daniel Olson argues that the promise of universal blessing in the Abrahamic covenant is presented in the Animal Apocalypse as the governing dynamic in a sacred history that begins and ends with humanity in general. The authentic Jacob/Israel will appear in the end times and be the catalyst of universal salvation.

Zielgruppe

All interested in the Jewish apocalyptic literature of the late Second Temple period and the theological developments in Jewish thought in the centuries before the advent of Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olson, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Über Autor(innen)

Olson, Daniel
Daniel C. Olson, PH.D. (2010) is currently a Lecturer in Religious Studies at St. Mary’s College, Moraga (CA). He has published numerous articles and monographs on 1 Enoch, including Enoch: A New Translation (BIBAL, 2004).