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The Watchers in Jewish and Christian traditions / Angela Kim Harkins, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, and John C. Endres, editors.
Van Pelt Library BS1830.E7 W38 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethiopic book of Enoch VI-XXXVI--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Ethiopic book of Enoch VI-XXXVI.
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Apocalpytic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalpytic literature.
- Angels.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Judaism.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- The Watchers: whence and whither?-At the origin of the Watchers tradition is the single enigmatic reference in Genesis 6 to the "sons of God" who had intercourse with human women, producing a race of giants upon the earth. That verse sparked a wealth of cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism. In The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions, leading scholars explore the contours of the Watchers traditions through history, tracing their development through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings. This volume, edited by Angela Kim Harkins, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, and John C. Endres, S.J., provides a lucid survey of current knowledge and interpretaion of one of the most intriguing theological motifs of the Second Temple period. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Origins and biblical discussions of the fallen angels
- Second temple developments
- Reception in early Christianity and early Judaism.
- Introduction
- Mesopotamian elements and the Watchers traditions / Ida Fröhlich
- The Watchers traditions and Gen 6:1-4 (MT and LXX) / Chris Seeman
- Symbolic resistance in the Book of the Watchers / Anathea Portier-Young
- The Enochic Watchers traditions and Deuterocanonical literature / Jeremy Corley
- Watchers traditions in the Catholic Epistles / Eric F. Mason
- 'Because of the angels': Paul and the Enochic traditions / Scott M. Lewis
- The Watchers traditions in 1 Enoch 6-16: the fall of angels and the rise of demons / Kevin Sullivan
- The Watchers traditions in the Book of the Watchers and the Animal Apocalypse / Karina Martin Hogan
- The Watchers traditions in the Book of Jubilees / John C. Endres
- Watchers traditions in the Dead Sea scrolls / Samuel Thomas
- The Watchers traditions in 1 Enoch's Book of Parables / Leslie Baynes
- The descent of the Watchers and its aftermath according to Justin Martyr / Randall D. Chesnutt
- Cain the Giant: Watchers traditions in the Life of Adam and Eve / Silviu N. Bunta
- The Watchers traditions in Targum and Midrash / Joshua Ezra Burns.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0800699785
- 9780800699789
- OCLC:
- 858897060
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