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The watchers in Jewish and Christian traditions / Angela Kim Harkins, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, and John C. Endres S.J., editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781451465136
  • 1451465130
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 229/.913 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1830.E7 W38 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I. Origins and biblical discussions of the fallen angels -- part II. Second temple developments -- part III. Reception in early Christianity and early Judaism.
Summary: At the origin of the Watchers tradition is the single enigmatic reference in Genesis 6 to the "sons of God" who had intercourse with human women, producing a race of giants upon the earth. That verse sparked a wealth of cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism. Here leading scholars explore the contours of the Watchers traditions through history, tracing their development through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings. This volume provides a lucid survey of current knowledge and interpretation of one of the most intriguing theological motifs of the Second Temple period.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Origins and biblical discussions of the fallen angels -- part II. Second temple developments -- part III. Reception in early Christianity and early Judaism.

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At the origin of the Watchers tradition is the single enigmatic reference in Genesis 6 to the "sons of God" who had intercourse with human women, producing a race of giants upon the earth. That verse sparked a wealth of cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism. Here leading scholars explore the contours of the Watchers traditions through history, tracing their development through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings. This volume provides a lucid survey of current knowledge and interpretation of one of the most intriguing theological motifs of the Second Temple period.

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