Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism

This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of human reflection on demons, angels, and other transmundane powers, as well as the different ways in which ancient cultures imagined the cosmos. It also speaks to the diversity of ancient Judaism as reflected in 'pseudepigrapha' and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

List of contents

1. Multiplicity, monotheism, and memory in Ancient Israel; 2. Rethinking scribalism and change in Second Temple Judaism; 3. Writing angels, astronomy, and Aramaic in the early Hellenistic age; 4. Textualizing demonology as Jewish knowledge and scribal expertise; 5. Rewriting angels, demons, and the ancestral archive of Jewish knowledge.

About the author

Annette Yoshiko Reed is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. A scholar of Judaism and Christianity, she focuses on questions of identity and literary practice across Second Temple Judaism and Late Antiquity. Her research looks to non-canonical and other neglected sources to open new perspectives on ancient Jews and Christians. Her books include Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity (Cambridge, 2005) and Jewish-Christianity and the History of Judaism (2018), as well as a number of edited volumes.

Summary

This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of human reflection on demons, angels, and other transmundane powers, as well as the different ways in which ancient cultures imagined the cosmos. It also speaks to the diversity of ancient Judaism as reflected in 'pseudepigrapha' and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Product details

• Authors: Annette Yoshiko Reed, Annette Yoshiko (M. Mark and Esther K. Watki Reed, Annette Yoshiko (M. Mark and Esther K. Watkins Assistant Professor in the Humanities Reed, Reed Annette Yoshiko
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781108746090
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74609-0
• No. of pages: 363
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Middle East, mysticism, History of Religion, Judaism: life and practice, BCE to c 500 CE, c 500 BCE to c 1BCE, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: mysticism