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Fallen angels and the history of Judaism and Christianity : the reception of Enochic literature / Annette Yoshiko Reed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reed, Annette Yoshiko, 1973-
- 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.
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic 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:
- 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Angelic descent and apocalyptic epistemology : the teachings of Enoch and the fallen angels in the Book of the watchers
- From scribalism to sectarianism : the angelic descent myth and the social settings of Enochic pseudepigraphy
- Primeval history and the problem of evil : Genesis, the Book of the watchers, and the fallen angels in pre-Rabbinic Judaism
- The parting of the ways? : Enoch and the fallen angels in Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity
- Demonology and the construction of Christian identity : approaches to illicit angelic instruction among proto-Orthodox Christians
- The interpenetration of Jewish and Christian traditions : the exegesis of Genesis and the marginalization of Enochic literature
- The apocalyptic roots of Merkabah mysticism? : the reemergence of Enochic traditions in Rabbinic Judaism
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-296) and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780511499104
- 0511499108
- Publisher Number:
- 99988450902
- 9780521853781
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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