Fallen angels : soldiers of Satan's realm / Bernard J. Bamberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bamberger, Bernard J. (Bernard Jacob), 1904-1980.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish demonology.

Demonology.

Devil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fantastic myths about the angels who were lured to sin and the proud angel who rebelled against God and was cast down as Satan. The problem of evil has challenged mankind ever since the dawn of intelligence. Why is there evil in the world and why do pain and suffering come upon those who do not seem to deserve it? Written in a simple, popular style, Bamberger's book, first published in 1952, will appeal to anyone who, no matter what his own answer to the question may be, is curious to learn how it has been answered in the past or is being answered by others in our own age. The author traces the history of the belief in fallen angels in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and assembles a variety of tales and superstitions-- some grotesque, others quaint and humorous. His presentation also reveals a basic divergence between Judaism and Christianity in their respective attitudes toward the devil. The concluding chapter of the work deals with the return of the devil to prominence in contemporary religious thought and shows how Judaism seeks its own solution to the problem of evil. The book contains an extensive bibliography, notes, and index.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part One: Gateway

I. Introducing the Theme

II. The Hebrew Scriptures

Part Two: The Outside Books

Introduction

III. The Ethiopic Enoch

IV. The Ethiopic Enoch (continued)

V. The Ethiopic Enoch (concluded)

VI. Jubilees, Testaments, Zadokite Work

VII. The Slavonic Enoch

VIII. The Adam Books

IX. The Testament of Job

X. Esdras, Baruch, Pseudo-Philo

XI. The Apocalypse of Abraham

Part Three: Crossroads

XII. Hellenistic Writings

XIII. Where the Ways Divide

Part Four: The Early Christian Church

XIV. The New Testament

XV. The Church Fathers

Part Five: The Rabbis

XVI. Talmud and Midrash

XVII. Interlude: The Legend in Islam

XVIII. New Paths: The Visionaries

XIX. New Paths: The Later Aggada

Part Six: Medieval Judaism

XX. The Rationalists

Part Seven: Jewish Mysticism

XXI. The German Cabala

XXII. The Spanish Cabala

XXIII. The Zohar

XXIV. The Later Mystics

XXV. Mysticism for the Masses

Part Eight: Christian Theology

XXVI. The Devil of the Philosophers

XXVII. The Devil of the People

XXVIII. Protestant Christianity

Part Nine: The Devil in Modern Dress

XXIX. The Century of Liberalism

XXX. Epilogue

Bibliography

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.

ISBN:

0-8276-1047-5

OCLC:

656855675