Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Orlov, Andrei A. (1960-....)
Titre(s) : The greatest mirror [Texte imprimé] : heavenly counterparts in the jewish pseudepigrapha / Andrei A. Orlov
Publication : Albany (N.Y.) : State university of New York press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvii-300 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 153-293. Index
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 large part from early
Jewish writings. The Jewish pseudepigrapha--books from the Second Temple period that
were attributed to biblical figures but excluded from the Hebrew Bible--contain accounts
of heavenly twins in the form of spirits, images, faces, children, mirrors, and angels
of the Presence. Orlov provides a comprehensive analysis of these traditions in their
full historical and interpretive complexity. He focuses on heavenly alter egos of
Enoch, Moses, Jacob, Joseph, and Aseneth in often neglected books, including Animal
Apocalypse, Book of the Watchers, 2 Enoch, Ladder of Jacob, and Joseph and Aseneth,
some of which are preserved solely in the Slavonic language
Sujet(s) : Bible. A.T.. Apocryphes -- Exégèse
Littérature médiévale
Pseudépigraphes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781438466910. - ISBN 1438466919
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454041154
Notice n° :
FRBNF45404115
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; The heavenly counterpart traditions in the Enochic pseudepigrapha
; The heavenly counterpart traditions in the Mosaic pseudepigrapha ; The heavenly
counterpart traditions in the pseudepigrapha about Jacob ; The heavenly counterpart
traditions in Joseph and Aseneth ; Conclusion.
