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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 metalworking, cosmetology, magic, and divination. By tracing the transformations of this motif in Second Temple, Rabbinic, and early medieval Judaism and early, late antique, and Byzantine Christianity, this book sheds light on the history of interpretation of Genesis, the changing status of Enochic literature, and the place of parabiblical texts and traditions in the interchange between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. In the process, it explores issues such as the role of text-selection in the delineation of community boundaries and the development of early Jewish and Christian ideas about the origins of evil on the earth. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-296) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511345227 0511345224 9780511343278 0511343272 9780511351815 051135181X 9780511499104 0511499108 1281108553 9781281108555 9786611108557 6611108556 1139131443 9781139131445 0511344880 9780511344886 0511344503 9780511344503 0511344112 9780511344114 |