Selected studies in the Slavonic pseudepigrapha / / by Andrei A. Orlov.

• Superior document: Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha, v. 23
• Author: Orlov, Andrei A., 1960-
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha ; v. 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Notes: Consists in part of previously published essays.; "This volume is a study of two of the most important Slavonic apocalypses, the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch, as crucial conceptual links between the symbolic universes of Second Temple apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism. The study seeks to understand the mediating role of these Slavonic pseudepigraphical texts in the development of Jewish angelological and theophanic traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to later Jewish Merkabah mysticism attested in the Hekhalot and Shiur Qomah materials. The study shows that mediatorial traditions of the principal angels and the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism"--ECIP data view.

This volume is a study of two of the most important Slavonic apocalypses, the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch, as crucial conceptual links between the symbolic universes of Second Temple apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism. The study seeks to understand the mediating role of these Slavonic p...