Orlov Divine Scapegoats

Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5584-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores the paradoxical symmetry between the divine and demonic in early Jewish mystical texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orlov, Andrei A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Satanismus und Dämonologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
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
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrei 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.