Book contents
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Writing Angels, Astronomy, and Aramaic in the Early Hellenistic Age
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
Book contents
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter looks to one of the oldest Jewish writings outside of the Hebrew Bible, the Enochic Astronomical Book, and argues for its overlooked importance for the development of Jewish angelology. It considers the intertwining of angelology and astronomy in a Jewish scribal context that resonates with cross-cultural concerns with knowledge in the early Hellenistic age.
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- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism , pp. 132 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020