The Watchers in Jewish and Christian traditions

• Tác giả: Kelley Coblent Bautch, John C Endres, Angela Kim Harkins
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1451465136
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 229.913 *Prophetic books
• Thông tin xuất bản: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2014
• Mô tả vật lý: xiii, 241 pages ; , 23 cm
• Bộ sưu tập: Tôn giáo
• ID: 115250
• Chủ đề: 1. Angel; 2. Apocalyptic literature--History and criticis; 3. Bible--Criticism, interpretation, et; 4. Christian literature, Earl; 5. Christianity and other religions--Judais; 6. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-60; 7. Ethiopic book of Enoch VI-XXXVI--Criticism, interpretation, et; 8. Judaism--Relations

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Tóm tắt

Leading scholars explore the tradition, rooted in Genesis 6, of "the Watchers," mysterious heavenly beings who became the focus of rich cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism.
- Chapter s trace the development of the Watchers through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings Sources other than Library of Congres