Demons of Change - Antagonism and Apotheosis in Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism

Demonstrates how conflict between a human adept as the divine warrior and an otherworldly antagonist plays a key role in early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic accounts.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrei A Orlov, Andrei A. Orlov, Orlov Andrei A.
• Edition: State University of New York Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781438480893
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8089-3
• Pages: 278
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments