Cursed Creation in the Book of Job and the Book of the Watchers / Andrei A. Orlov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orlov, Andrei A., author.

Series:

Vetus Testamentum, Supplements ; 205.

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Vetus Testamentum, Supplements ; 205

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Authors, Texts, Literature.

Biblical Studies.

Ancient Near East and Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study constitutes the first comprehensive analysis of the connections between the Book of Job and Jewish apocalypticism. It examines the motifs of creation’s corruption through curses and its restoration through the revelation of cosmological knowledge, as depicted in one of the earliest Jewish apocalyptic texts, the Book of the Watchers , and their thematic parallels in the Book of Job . The study demonstrates that both the Book of Job and the Book of the Watchers exhibit striking similarities in their portrayals of the corruption and restoration of God’s creation.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: Watchers' Shadows: The Book of Job and Jewish Apocalypticism

Chapter 1 Cursed Creation in the Book of Job

1.1 Description of Perfect Creation in the Book of Job's Prologue

1.1.1 Paradisal State of Job's Environment

1.1.2 Job as the Symbol of Harmony

1.2 Symbolism of the Curse in the Book of Job

1.3 Job's Attack on Creation

1.3.1 Demiurgic Realities: Let That Day Be Darkness

1.3.2 Calendrical Realities

1.3.3 Astronomical Realities

1.3.4 Subversion of the Stability of Creation by Unleashing the Chaotic Forces

1.3.5 Those Who Curse the Day

1.4 Job's Curse as the Counterpart of the Divine Name

1.5 Job's Lament about the Fence and Boundaries of God's Creation

1.6 Job's Attack on Procreation

1.7 Conclusion

Chapter 2 Cursed Creation in the Book of the Watchers

2.1 Watchers as Cosmic Functionaries Representing Various Elements of God's Creation

2.2 Watchers' Duties and the Design of God's Creation

2.3 Watchers as the Pillars of God's Creation

2.4 The Law of the Stars

2.5 Watchers' Curses and Their Attack on Creation

2.5.1 God's Perfect Creation

2.5.2 Watchers' Curses

2.5.3 Watchers' Oath and the Divine Name

2.5.4 Cursing with the Divine Name

2.5.5 Watchers as Priests

2.6 Watchers' Forbidden Unions and Their Corruption of Procreation

2.7 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Divine Revelations to Enoch

3.1 Symmetry of Cosmological Secrets

3.2 Soteriological Secrets of Creation in the Book of the Watchers

3.3 Soteriological Secrets of Creation in the Astronomical Book

3.4 Soteriological Secrets for the Mitigation of the Watchers' Corruption of Procreation

Chapter 4 Divine Revelations to Job.

4.1 Theophanic Settings of God's Revelations

4.1.1 Theophanies in the Book of the Watchers

4.1.2 Theophany in the Book of Job

4.2 Restoration of Creation through Revelation of Cosmological Secrets

4.3 Demiurgic Secrets

4.3.1 Job 38:2: Design of Creation

4.3.2 Job 38:4-5: Laying Foundation of the Earth

4.3.3 Job 38:5: Measurements of the Earth

4.3.4 Job 38:6: Cornerstone of Creation

4.3.5 Job 38:7: Heavenly Hosts' Singing

4.3.6 Job 38:8-11: Demiurgic Restriction of Chaos

4.3.7 Job 38:16-17: Vision of the Underworld

4.4 Calendrical Secrets

4.5 Meteorological Secrets

4.6 Astronomical Secrets

4.7 Secrets of Leviathan

4.8 Secrets of Procreation

4.9 Place of Humankind in Creation

4.10 God's Cosmological Revelations and the Lists of Revealed Things

4.11 Job's Epistemological Profile and the Watchers' "Worthless Mysteries"

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-76074-1

OCLC:

1587076437

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004760745 DOI