Representations of Angelic beings in early Jewish and in Christian traditions
"Angelic beings have occupied an important place in many traditions within Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple times up until the present. In this volume, essays by scholars from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America draw attention to a wide variety of ways in which traditi...
| Summary: | "Angelic beings have occupied an important place in many traditions within Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple times up until the present. In this volume, essays by scholars from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America draw attention to a wide variety of ways in which traditions about angels were addressed and developed over time, including examples from the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls and related literature, early Christian writings, »magical« texts, and the rich heritage of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The contributions as a whole demonstrate the interwovenness of Jewish and Christian tradition and, in turn, reveal how much the consideration of angelology reflects broader hermeneutical, textual, and tradition-historical approaches to the study of religion." --Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | "We have retained for the title of this volume the description of the workshop itself: "Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions." The event took place on 14-16 February 2017 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)" (Introduction) |
| Physical Description: | XII, 246 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 x 16 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-3-16-159760-2 3-16-159760-5 |
