Divine Mysteries in the Enochic Tradition

Andrei A. Orlov

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Divine Mysteries in the Enochic Tradition

Andrei A. Orlov

Volume 11 in the series Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111201924

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About this book

The book represents an in-depth investigation of acquisition, cultivation, and transmission of divine mysteries in Jewish apocalyptic and mystical accounts by focusing on the developments found in early Enochic writings. These accounts deal both with revelations unveiled by God and angels to the patriarch Enoch and with illicit transmission of divine knowledge by the rogue group of the fallen angels, known as the Watchers.

Orlov argues that the map of otherworldly knowledge revealed to Enoch inversely mirrors the map of illicit revelations given by the fallen Watchers to humankind. The study suggests that one of the possible objectives for the parallelism is that, by revealing to Enoch the same divine mysteries that were earlier transmitted by the Watchers, God attempts to mitigate the corruption caused by the fallen angels’ illicit instructions.

This book will be of interest not only for scholars specializing in historical and religious areas, but also for experts in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and gender theory; it discusses several aspects of early and late Jewish religious epistemologies that elucidate the ideological context for the construction and affirmation of social roles and identities in various Jewish milieus.

Author / Editor information

Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One The Mysteries of the Watchers in the Enochic Materials Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Chapter Two The Mysteries of Enoch in 1 Enoch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Chapter Three The Mysteries of Enoch in 2 Enoch and 3 Enoch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, students, and institutions of ancient Judaism and Jewish literature
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Enoch; angeology; demonology; Pseudoepigrapha

eBook

Published: July 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111201924

Hardcover

Published: July 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111195537