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the reception of Enochic literature

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Fallen angels and the history of Judaism and Christianity

the reception of Enochic literature

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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 CfUsons of God' of Gen 6:14 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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318

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Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity
2007, Cambridge University Press
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Fallen angels and the history of Judaism and Christianity: the reception of Enochic literature
2005, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
229/.913
Library of Congress
BS1830.E7 R43 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
318

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Open Library
OL3403094M
Internet Archive
fallenangelshist00reed_284
ISBN 10
0521853788
ISBN 13
9780521853781
LCCN
2005018156
OCLC/WorldCat
60743203
Library Thing
800338
Goodreads
215732

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