John C. Reeves, Annette Yoshiko Reed

Enoch from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Sources from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Volume I

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides a comprehensive set of core references to '1 Enoch'. It shows that the rich afterlives of Enochic texts and traditions can be studied more thoroughly by scholars of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity as well as by scholars of late antique and medieval religions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 784g
• ISBN-13: 9780198718413
• ISBN-10: 0198718411
• Artikelnr.: 49206527

Autorenporträt

John C. Reeves is Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studiesat the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Annette Yoshiko Reed is Professor at New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Stock Epithets and Cross-cultural Cognomens
2: Enoch as Culture Hero: What Enoch Discovered, Learned, Taught, and Wrote
3: Enoch's Roles in Human Society
4: Enoch's Interactions with Angels
5: Enoch's Escape from Death
6: Enoch's Association or Equation with Other Figures
7: The Books of Enoch and their Reputation
Bibliography