Supernal Serpent is a wide-ranging study of Jewish and Christian traditions about Leviathan as the underworld's ruler, the foundation of the world, and the embodiment of evil. It explores the Leviathan tradition in its full historical and interpretive complexity through a broad variety of texts, ranging from ancient West Asian accounts to later rabbinic and Muslim sources, paying special attention to the imagery found in the Book of Job, the Book of Revelation, and the Apocalypse of Abraham. The book demonstrates that, in some Jewish materials, Leviathan is envisioned as a living embodiment of…mehr
Supernal Serpent is a wide-ranging study of Jewish and Christian traditions about Leviathan as the underworld's ruler, the foundation of the world, and the embodiment of evil. It explores the Leviathan tradition in its full historical and interpretive complexity through a broad variety of texts, ranging from ancient West Asian accounts to later rabbinic and Muslim sources, paying special attention to the imagery found in the Book of Job, the Book of Revelation, and the Apocalypse of Abraham. The book demonstrates that, in some Jewish materials, Leviathan is envisioned as a living embodiment of the most profound divine mysteries, which are preserved by God from the beginning of creation, to be revealed fully in the end of times.
Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He is a specialist in Jewish and Christian apocalypticism and mysticism, Second Temple Judaism, and Old Testament pseudepigrapha. Within the field of early Jewish literature, Orlov is considered among the leading experts in the Jewish pseudepigrapha preserved in Slavonic language, including 2 Enoch and the Apocalypse of Abraham. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition and The Glory of the Invisible God: Two Powers in Heaven Traditions and Early Christology.
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Preface Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Leviathan's Theophany Chapter Two: Leviathan as the Axis Mundi Chapter Three: Leviathan and Yahoel Chapter Four: Leviathan and the Temple Chapter Five: Leviathan and the Mysteries of Evil Conclusion Bibliography Index
Preface Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Leviathan's Theophany Chapter Two: Leviathan as the Axis Mundi Chapter Three: Leviathan and Yahoel Chapter Four: Leviathan and the Temple Chapter Five: Leviathan and the Mysteries of Evil Conclusion Bibliography Index
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