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Demons of change : antagonism and apotheosis in Jewish and Christian apocalypticism / Andrei A. Orlov.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1438480903
  • 9781438480909
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Demons of change.DDC classification:
  • 220/.046 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.T447
  • BS1199.T447 O75 2020eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Between God and Satan: inauguration into the divine image in early Jewish and Christian accounts -- Furnace that kills and furnace that gives life: fiery trials and martyrdom in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- Leviathan's knot: the high priest's sash as a cosmological symbol -- Apocalyptic scapegoat traditions in the book of Revelation -- Azazel's will: internalization of evil in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- Glorification through fear in 2 Enoch.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Between God and Satan: inauguration into the divine image in early Jewish and Christian accounts -- Furnace that kills and furnace that gives life: fiery trials and martyrdom in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- Leviathan's knot: the high priest's sash as a cosmological symbol -- Apocalyptic scapegoat traditions in the book of Revelation -- Azazel's will: internalization of evil in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- Glorification through fear in 2 Enoch.