Divine Scapegoats is a wide-ranging exploration of the parallels between the heavenly and the demonic in early Jewish apocalyptical accounts. In these materials, antagonists often mirror features of angelic figures, and even those of the Deity himself, an inverse correspondence that implies a belief that the demonic realm is maintained by imitating divine reality. Andrei A. Orlov examines the sacerdotal, messianic, and creational aspects of this mimetic imagery, focusing primarily on two texts from the Slavonic pseudepigrapha:
2 Enoch and the
Apocalypse of Abraham. These two works are part of a very special cluster of Jewish apocalyptic texts that exhibit features not only of the apocalyptic worldview but also of the symbolic universe of early Jewish mysticism. The Yom Kippur ritual in the
Apocalypse of Abraham, the divine light and darkness of
2 Enoch, and the similarity of mimetic motifs to later developments in the
Zohar are of particular importance in Orlov’s consideration.
2 Enoch and the
Apocalypse of Abraham. These two works are part of a very special cluster of Jewish apocalyptic texts that exhibit features not only of the apocalyptic worldview but also of the symbolic universe of early Jewish mysticism. The Yom Kippur ritual in the
Apocalypse of Abraham, the divine light and darkness of
2 Enoch, and the similarity of mimetic motifs to later developments in the
Zohar are of particular importance in Orlov’s consideration.
Spis treści
PrefaceAbbreviations
Introduction–The Right in the Left: The Divine and the Demonic in the
Apocalypse of Abraham and
2 Enoch
Part I. Studies in the Apocalypse of Abraham
The Curses of Azazel
The Cosmological Temple in the
Apocalypse of Abraham
The Demise of the Antagonist in the Apocalyptic Scapegoat Tradition
The Nourishment of Azazel
The Messianic Scapegoat in the
Apocalypse of Abraham
Part II. Studies in 2 Enoch
Adoil Outside the Cosmos: God Before and After Creation of Enochic Tradition
The Veneration Motif in the Temptation Narrative of the Gospel of Matthew: Lessons from the Enochic Tradition
Primordial Lights: The Logos and Adoil in the Johannine Prologue and
2 Enoch
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
O autorze
Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He is the author of several books, includingDark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology, also published by SUNY Press.
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