Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham. By Andrei A. Orlov
TheApocalypse of Abraham belongs to a group of texts among the so-called Old Testament Pseudepigrapha which is preserved exlusively in Slavonic translation. It mirrors a religious milieu fascinated by mystical piety but reluctant towards all kinds of anthropomorphic speculations about God's app...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 655-657 |
| Review of: | Heavenly priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013) (Böttrich, Christfried)
Heavenly priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013) (Böttrich, Christfried) Heavenly priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013) (Böttrich, Christfried) |
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| Summary: | TheApocalypse of Abraham belongs to a group of texts among the so-called Old Testament Pseudepigrapha which is preserved exlusively in Slavonic translation. It mirrors a religious milieu fascinated by mystical piety but reluctant towards all kinds of anthropomorphic speculations about God's appearance. For a long time scholars have noted relations between the Apocalypse of Abraham and texts like 2 Enoch or the Ladder of Jacob, which offer a similar mixture of apocalyptic and mystical tradititions. But until now there had been little effort to study their special theological profile. Usually the ApcAbr has only served as a source for items like polemics against idololatry, heavenly ascent, or the figure of Abraham in general. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flu054 |