Embodiment of Divine Knowledge in Early Judaism

ISBN-13: 9781032105895 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 210 str.

Andrei A. Orlov

Opis

This volume 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.

Spis treści

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Divine Image as the Hypostasis of Divine Knowledge; Chapter Two: The Divine Face as the Hypostasis of Divine Knowledge; Chapter Three: The Divine Name as the Hypostasis of Divine Knowledge; Chapter Four: The Epistemology of Divine Presence and Pseudepigraphical Attribution; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA. He is the author of eighteen books, including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition and The Glory of the Invisible God: Two Powers in Heaven Traditions and Early Christology.