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
4 - Textualizing Demonology as Jewish Knowledge and Scribal Expertise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
- 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 focuses on the first known example of an extensive Jewish demonology − that is, the Book of the Watchers. It interprets its demonology in relation to the angelology of the Astronomical Book as well as evidence for ancient Jewish "magic."
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- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism , pp. 189 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020