The Fall of the Angels / / edited by Christoph Auffarth, Loren Stuckenbruck.

• Superior document: Themes in Biblical Narrative ; 6
• TeilnehmendeR: Stuckenbruck, Loren T.,; Auffarth, Christoph,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in Biblical Narrative ; 6.
• Physical Description: ix, 302 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The fall of the angels is one of the biblical narratives which, above all in the history of the bible's reception, have developed an extraordinary effect: In the biblical canon they appear just as hints (Gen. 6; Isaiah 14; Apocalypse 12). Little concern for the text as well as a tradition and reception not covered by the canon makes the narrative grow and change considerably, as well as freely negotiate in the popular media of iconography, liturgy and theatre. As a completed narrative the fall of the angels appears only in the literature of the apocalyptic movement. The so-called Henoch tradition provides revelations about the cosmos and the secrets of Heaven and Earth. Through this mystery our present world is coded as a battle between good and evil.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Christoph Auffarth & Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- "The Nephilim were on the Earth: Genesis 6: 1-4 and its Ancient Near Eastern Context", Ronald Hendel -- "Remember the Titans!", Jan N. Bremmer -- "The Downfall of Helel, the Son of Dawn: Aspects of Royal Ideology in Isa 14:12-13", Matthias Albani -- "The Origins of Evil in Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition: The Interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4 in the Second and Third Centuries BCE", Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- "The Down-throw of the Dragon in Revelation 12 and the Down-fall of God's Enemy", Hermann Lichtenberger -- "The Demonic Demiurge in Gnostic Mythology", Gerard P. Luttikhuizen -- "Die Engelsturzmotive des Umm al-Kitāb. Untersuchungen zur Trägerschaft eines synkretistischen Werkes der häretischen Schia", Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler -- "Black Sabbath Masses: Fictitious and Real Inquisitions", Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller -- "Angels on Earth und Forgers in Heaven: A Debate in the High Middle Ages Concerning Their Fall and Ascension", Christoph Auffarth -- "Zur narrative Plausibilität des Bösen", Prof. Dr. Burkhard Gladigow -- "Das Böse. Systematische Überlegungen im Horizont des christlichen Wirklichkeitsverständnisses", Eilert Herms -- "The Invisible Made Visible: Glimpses of an Iconography of the Fall of Angels", Christoph Auffarth.