New Perspectives on 2 Enoch - (Studia Judaeoslavica) by Andrei Orlov & Gabriele Boccaccini & Jason Zurawski (Paperback)

About the Book

This book presents a collection of papers from the fifth conference of the Enoch Seminar. The conference re-examined 2 Enoch, an early Jewish apocalyptic text previously known to scholars only in its Slavonic translation, in light of recently identified Coptic fragments.

Book Synopsis

This book presents a collection of papers from the fifth conference of the Enoch Seminar. The conference re-examined 2 Enoch, an early Jewish apocalyptic text previously known to scholars only in its Slavonic translation, in light of recently identified Coptic fragments.

From the Back Cover

"New Perspectives on 2 Enoch: No Longer Slavonic Only" presents a collection of papers from the fifth conference of the Enoch Seminar. The conference re-examines 2 Enoch, an early Jewish apocalyptic text previously known to scholars only in its Slavonic translation, in light of recently identified Coptic fragments. This approach helps to advance the understanding of many key issues of this enigmatic and less explored Enochic text. One of the important methodological lessons of the current volume lies in the recognition that the Adamic and Melchizedek traditions, the mediatorial currents which play an important role in the apocalypse, are central for understanding the symbolic universe of the text. The volume also contains the recently identified Coptic fragments of 2 Enoch, introduced to scholars for the first time during the conference.

About the Author

Andrei A. Orlov, Ph.D. in Sociology (1990), Russian Academy of Sciences, and Theology (2003), Marquette University, a Professor of Christian Origins at Marquette University, has published extensively on Jewish apocalypticism including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Mohr Siebeck, 2005), From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism (Brill, 2007), and Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (SUNY, 2011).

Gabriele Boccaccini, Ph.D. (1991) in Judaic Studies, University of Turin, Italy, Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins at the University of Michigan and Founding Director of the Enoch Seminar has published extensively on Second Temple Judaism including Middle Judaism (Fortress, 1991), Beyond the Essene Hypothesis (Eerdmans, 1998) and Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (Eerdmans, 2001).

Jason M. Zurawski is a Ph.D. candidate in Second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan.