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Dark mirrors : Azazel and Satanael in early Jewish demonology / Andrei A. Orlov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orlov, Andrei A., 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish demonology.
- Azazel (Jewish mythology).
- Devil.
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Translations into Slavic--History and criticism.
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament).
- Apocalypse of Abraham--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Apocalypse of Abraham.
- Slavonic book of Enoch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Slavonic book of Enoch.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Discusses the two most important figures in early Jewish mythologies of evil, the fallen angels Azazel and Satanael.
- Contents:
- Lightless shadows : symmetry of good and evil in early Jewish demonology
- "The likeness of heaven" : kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham
- Eschatological Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham : the scapegoat ritual
- The garment of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham
- The watchers of Satanael : the fallen angels traditions in 2 (Slavonic) enoch
- Satan and the visionary : apocalyptic roles of the adversary in the temptation narrative of the Gospel of Matthew
- The flooded arboretums : the garden traditions in the Slavonic version of 3 Baruch and the Book of Giants.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438439532
- 1438439539
- OCLC:
- 775360930
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