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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809878803321

Autore

Orlov Andrei A. <1960->

Titolo

Dark mirrors [[electronic resource] ] : Azazel and Satanael in early Jewish demonology / / Andrei A. Orlov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3953-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

296.3/16

Soggetti

Jewish demonology

Azazel (Jewish mythology)

Devil

Apocryphal books (Old Testament) - Translations into Slavic - History and criticism

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. 179-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lightless shadows : symmetry of good and evil in early Jewish demonology -- "The likeness of heaven" : kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- Eschatological Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham : the scapegoat ritual -- The garment of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- The watchers of Satanael : the fallen angels traditions in 2 (Slavonic) enoch -- Satan and the visionary : apocalyptic roles of the adversary in the temptation narrative of the Gospel of Matthew -- The flooded arboretums : the garden traditions in the Slavonic version of 3 Baruch and the Book of Giants.

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the two most important figures in early Jewish mythologies of evil, the fallen angels Azazel and Satanael.