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  • Broken Vessels

    Theogonies of the Divine Light in Judaism and Christianity

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    Undertakes a thorough investigation of early Jewish theogonic and cosmogonic traditions found in the Enochic writings and their formative influence on subsequent Gnostic, Manichaean, and Kabbalistic developments.In Broken Vessels, Andrei A. Orlov offers a comprehensive examination of early Jewish theogonic symbolism as reflected in early Enochic texts and its subsequent influence on Gnostic, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Embodiment of Divine Knowledge in Early Judaism

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Biblical World
    This book explores the early Jewish understanding of divine knowledge as divine presence, which is embodied in major biblical exemplars, such as Adam, Enoch, Jacob, and Moses.The study treats the concept of divine knowledge as the embodied divine presence in its full historical and interpretive complexity by tracing the theme through a broad variety of ancient Near Eastern and Jewish sources, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Dark Mirrors

    Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    Discusses the two most important figures in early Jewish mythologies of evil, the fallen angels Azazel and Satanael.Dark Mirrors is a wide-ranging study of two central figures in early Jewish demonology-the fallen angels Azazel and Satanael. Andrei A. Orlov explores the mediating role of these paradigmatic celestial rebels in the development of Jewish demonological traditions from Second Temple ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • The Greatest Mirror

    Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    A wide-ranging analysis of heavenly twin imagery in early Jewish extrabiblical texts.The idea of a heavenly double-an angelic twin of an earthbound human-can be found in Christian, Manichaean, Islamic, and Kabbalistic traditions. Scholars have long traced the lineage of these ideas to Greco-Roman and Iranian sources. In The Greatest Mirror, Andrei A. Orlov shows that heavenly twin imagery drew in ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    The Apocalypse of Abraham is a vital source for understanding both Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism. Written anonymously soon after the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple, the text envisions heaven as the true place of worship and depicts Abraham as an initiate of celestial priesthood. Andrei A. Orlov focuses on the central rite of the Abraham story – the scapegoat ritual that receives ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • Supernal Serpent

    Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    Supernal Serpent explores the development of the Leviathan tradition from its early roots in ancient West Asian and biblical accounts, up to the later rabbinic traditions. Concentrating on the theophanic features of Leviathan's appearances in Jewish biblical, pseudepigraphical, and rabbinic accounts, special attention is paid to the traditions found in the Book of Job and the Apocalypse of Abraham ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Demons of Change

    Antagonism and Apotheosis in Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    Demonstrates how conflict between a human adept as the divine warrior and an otherworldly antagonist plays a key role in early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic accounts.Antagonistic imagery has a striking presence in apocalyptic writings of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. In these visionary accounts, the role of the divine warrior fighting against demonic forces is often taken by a ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Divine Scapegoats

    Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    Explores the paradoxical symmetry between the divine and demonic in early Jewish mystical texts.Divine Scapegoats is a wide-ranging exploration of the parallels between the heavenly and the demonic in early Jewish apocalyptical accounts. In these materials, antagonists often mirror features of angelic figures, and even those of the Deity himself, an inverse correspondence that implies a belief ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

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  • The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel

    by Benjamin D. Sommer ...
    Sommer utilizes a lost ancient Near Eastern perception of divinity according to which a god has more than one body and fluid, unbounded selves. Though the dominant strains of biblical religion rejected it, a monotheistic version of this theological intuition is found in some biblical texts. Later Jewish and Christian thinkers inherited this ancient way of thinking; ideas such as the sefirot in ... Read more

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  • Jesus of Nazareth

    From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

    by Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger ...
    Series Book 1 - Jesus of Nazareth
    “This book is . . . my personal search ‘for the face of the Lord.’” –Benedict XVIIn this bold, momentous work, the Pope––in his first book written as Benedict XVI––seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent “popular” depictions and to restore Jesus’ true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • You Shall Be as Gods

    A Radical Interpretation of the Old Testament and Its Tradition

    by Erich Fromm ...
    From the social philosopher and New York Times–bestselling author of The Sane Society: An analysis of the Old Testament as a revolutionary humanist work.The Old Testament is one of the most carefully studied books in the world's history. It is also one of the most misunderstood. This founding text of the world's three largest religions is also, Erich Fromm argues, an impressive radical humanist ... Read more

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  • The Great Shift

    Encountering God in Biblical Times

    by James L. Kugel ...
    The renowned author of How to Read the Bible reveals how a pivotal transformation in spiritual experience during the biblical era made us who we are today.A great mystery lies at the heart of the Bible. Early on, people seem to live in a world entirely foreign to our own. God appears to Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and others; God buttonholes Moses and Isaiah and Jeremiah and tells them what to say. ... Read more

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