The entangled Enoch: 2 Enoch and the cultures of Late Antiquity

"This study reframes and reorients the study of 2 Enoch, moving beyond debates about Christian or Jewish authorship and considering the work in the context of eclectic and erudite cultures in late antiquity, particularly Syria. The study compares the work with the Parables of Enoch and then wit...

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Main Author: Macaskill, Grant (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2024]
In: Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha (volume 28)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha volume 28
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Enoch / Theology
B Enoch / Authorship / Late Antiquity / Theology / History 284-610
RelBib Classification:HD Early Judaism
TD Late Antiquity
Further subjects:B Syria Civilization
B Slavonic book of Enoch
B Slavonic book of Enoch Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Summary:"This study reframes and reorients the study of 2 Enoch, moving beyond debates about Christian or Jewish authorship and considering the work in the context of eclectic and erudite cultures in late antiquity, particularly Syria. The study compares the work with the Parables of Enoch and then with a variety of writings associated with late antique Syrian theology, demonstrating the distinctively eclectic character of 2 Enoch. It offers new paradigms for research into the pseudepigrapha"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:9004695087
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004695092