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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807455103321

Autore

Bamberger Bernard J (Bernard Jacob), <1904-1980.>

Titolo

Fallen angels : soldiers of Satan's realm / / Bernard J. Bamberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society of America, 2006

ISBN

0-8276-1047-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

296.3/16

Soggetti

Jewish demonology

Demonology

Devil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Gateway -- I. Introducing the Theme -- II. The Hebrew Scriptures -- Part Two: The Outside Books -- Introduction -- III. The Ethiopic Enoch -- IV. The Ethiopic Enoch (continued) -- V. The Ethiopic Enoch (concluded) -- VI. Jubilees, Testaments, Zadokite Work -- VII. The Slavonic Enoch -- VIII. The Adam Books -- IX. The Testament of Job -- X. Esdras, Baruch, Pseudo-Philo -- XI. The Apocalypse of Abraham -- Part Three: Crossroads -- XII. Hellenistic Writings -- XIII. Where the Ways Divide -- Part Four: The Early Christian Church -- XIV. The New Testament -- XV. The Church Fathers -- Part Five: The Rabbis -- XVI. Talmud and Midrash -- XVII. Interlude: The Legend in Islam -- XVIII. New Paths: The Visionaries -- XIX. New Paths: The Later Aggada -- Part Six: Medieval Judaism -- XX. The Rationalists -- Part Seven: Jewish Mysticism -- XXI. The German Cabala -- XXII. The Spanish Cabala -- XXIII. The Zohar -- XXIV. The Later Mystics -- XXV. Mysticism for the Masses -- Part Eight: Christian Theology -- XXVI. The Devil of the Philosophers -- XXVII. The Devil of the People -- XXVIII. Protestant Christianity -- Part Nine: The Devil in Modern Dress -- XXIX. The Century of Liberalism -- XXX. Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.