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050 00 $aBS1830.E7$bW38 2014
082 04 $a229.913$223
245 04 $aThe Watchers in Jewish and Christian traditions /$cAngela Kim Harkins, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, and John C. Endres S.J., editors.
264 1 $aMinneapolis :$bFortress Press,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axiii, 241 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 00 $gIntroduction --$gPart I.$tOrigins and biblical discussions of the fallen angels.$tMesopotamian elements and the Watchers traditions /$rIda Fröhlich --$tThe Watchers traditions and Gen 6:1-4 (MT and LXX) /$rChris Seeman --$tSymbolic resistance in the Book of the Watchers /$rAnathea Portier-Young --$tThe Enochic Watchers traditions and Deuterocanonical literature /$rJeremy Corley --$tWatchers traditions in the Catholic Epistles /$rEric F. Mason --$t'Because of the angels': Paul and the Enochic traditions /$rScott M. Lewis, S.J. --$tThe Watchers traditions in 1 Enoch 6-16: the fall of angels and the rise of demons /$rKevin Sullivan --$gPart II.$tSecond Temple developments.$tThe Watchers traditions in the Book of the Watchers and the Animal Apocalypse /$rKarina Martin Hogan --$tThe Watchers traditions in the Book of Jubilees /$rJohn C. Endres, S.J. --$tWatchers traditions in the Dead Sea scrolls /$rSamuel Thomas --$tThe Watchers traditions in 1 Enoch's Book of Parables /$rLeslie Baynes --$gPart III.$tReception in early Christianity and early Judaism.$tThe descent of the Watchers and its aftermath according to Justin Martyr /$rRandall D. Chesnutt --$tCain the Giant: Watchers traditions in the Life of Adam and Eve /$rSilviu N. Bunta --$tThe Watchers traditions in Targum and Midrash /$rJoshua Ezra Burns.
520 $aLeading scholars explore the tradition, rooted in Genesis 6, of "the Watchers," mysterious heavenly beings who became the focus of rich cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism. Chapters trace the development of the Watchers through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings$cSources other than Library of Congress.
630 00 $aEthiopic book of Enoch VI-XXXVI$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAngels.
650 0 $aChristian literature, Early.
650 0 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism.
650 0 $aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity.
650 0 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
700 1 $aHarkins, Angela Kim,$d1973-
700 1 $aBautch, Kelley Coblentz.
700 1 $aEndres, John C.,$d1946-