Dark Mirrors - Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology

Informationen zum Autor Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He is the author of The Greatest Mirror: Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha ; Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism ; and Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology , all published by SUNY Press. Klappentext Discusses the two most important figures in early Jewish mythologies of evil, the fallen angels Azazel and Satanael.

About the author

Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He is the author of The Greatest Mirror: Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha; Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism; and Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology, all published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Andrei A Orlov, Andrei A. Orlov, Orlov Andrei A.
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781438439518
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-3951-8
• No. of pages: 201
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, Bibles, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Old Testaments, Jewish texts: Tanakh, Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim