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Dark mirrors : Azazel and Satanael in early Jewish demonology / Andrei A. Orlov.

Title
Dark mirrors : Azazel and Satanael in early Jewish demonology / Andrei A. Orlov.
Author
Orlov, Andrei A., 1960-
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.

Holdings

Details

Description
xv, 201 p.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Apocalypse of Abraham > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Apocryphal books (Old Testament) > History and criticism
  • Azazel (Jewish mythology)
  • Devil
  • Jewish demonology
  • Slavonic book of Enoch > Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9781438439518 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1438439512 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011007661