Divine scapegoats : demonic mimesis in early Jewish mysticism - Orlov, Andrei A., 1960- (Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2015)
Introduction: The right in the left: the divine and the demonic in the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch -- Part I. Studies in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- The curses of Azazel -- The cosmological temple in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- The demise of the antagonist in the apocalyptic scapegoat tradition -- The nourishment of Azazel -- The messianic scapegoat in the Apocalypse of Abraham -- Part II. Studies in 2 Enoch -- Adoil outside the cosmos: God before and after -- Creation in the Enochic tradition -- The veneration motif in the temptation narrative of the Gospel of Matthew: lessons from the Enochic tradition -- Primordial lights: the logos and adoil in the Johannine prologue and 2 Enoch.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Jewish demonology; Azazel (Jewish mythology); Scapegoat; Mysticism -- Judaism; Apocalypse of Abraham -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Slavonic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Apocalypse of Abraham; Slavonic book of Enoch; Azazel (Jewish mythology); Jewish demonology; Mysticism -- Judaism; Scapegoat; RELIGION / Judaism / General; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books