Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity
- Introduction
- 1 Angelic Descent and Apocalyptic Epistemology: The Teachings of Enoch and the Fallen Angels in the Book of the Watchers
- 2 From Scribalism to Sectarianism: The Angelic Descent Myth and the Social Settings of Enochic Pseudepigraphy
- 3 Primeval History and the Problem of Evil: Genesis, the Book of the Watchers, and the Fallen Angels in Pre-Rabbinic Judaism
- 4 The Parting of the Ways? Enoch and the Fallen Angels in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity
- 5 Demonology and the Construction of Christian Identity: Approaches to Illicit Angelic Instruction among Proto-Orthodox Christians
- 6 The Interpenetration of Jewish and Christian Traditions: The Exegesis of Genesis and the Marginalization of Enochic Literature
- 7 The Apocalyptic Roots of Merkabah Mysticism? The Reemergence of Enochic Traditions in Rabbinic Judaism
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Primary Sources
- Subject Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity
- Introduction
- 1 Angelic Descent and Apocalyptic Epistemology: The Teachings of Enoch and the Fallen Angels in the Book of the Watchers
- 2 From Scribalism to Sectarianism: The Angelic Descent Myth and the Social Settings of Enochic Pseudepigraphy
- 3 Primeval History and the Problem of Evil: Genesis, the Book of the Watchers, and the Fallen Angels in Pre-Rabbinic Judaism
- 4 The Parting of the Ways? Enoch and the Fallen Angels in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity
- 5 Demonology and the Construction of Christian Identity: Approaches to Illicit Angelic Instruction among Proto-Orthodox Christians
- 6 The Interpenetration of Jewish and Christian Traditions: The Exegesis of Genesis and the Marginalization of Enochic Literature
- 7 The Apocalyptic Roots of Merkabah Mysticism? The Reemergence of Enochic Traditions in Rabbinic Judaism
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Primary Sources
- Subject Index
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- Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and ChristianityThe Reception of Enochic Literature, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005