Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha

Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha / Andrei Orlov......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 12
Locations of the Original Publications......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
INTRODUCTION. The Kavod and Shem Paradigms and Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha......Page 17
Silvanus and Anthony......Page 18
Moses and Elijah......Page 23
Enoch and Abraham......Page 27
PART I: THE DIVINE BODY TRADITIONS......Page 34
Introduction......Page 35
Adamic Tradition of 2 Enoch......Page 37
The Corporeality of the Protoplast......Page 40
From the Four Corners of the World......Page 43
The Measure of the Divine Body......Page 48
Bodily Ascent......Page 51
Adam and Enoch: "Two Powers" in Heaven......Page 52
Two Bodies Created According to the Likeness of the Third One......Page 57
Introduction......Page 62
I. The Protological Disintegration: Aeon Adoil as the Foundation of the World......Page 63
II. The Eschatological Reintegration: The Aeon of the Righteous......Page 66
The Righteous as the Foundation......Page 68
Enoch's Righteousness......Page 70
Enoch's luminosity......Page 73
Incorruptibility of Enoch......Page 74
Enoch as the Revealer......Page 75
Enoch as the Sacerdotal Foundation......Page 76
Enoch as the Redeemer......Page 77
Conclusion......Page 79
Introduction......Page 80
The Slavonic Account of Jacob's Vision......Page 82
The Face as God's Kavod......Page 83
The Face as Jacob's Heavenly Counterpart......Page 88
Uriel-Sariel-Phanuel......Page 95
Princes of the Face......Page 98
Conclusion......Page 101
"Many Lamps Are Lightened from the One": Paradigms of the Transformational Vision in the Macarian Homilies......Page 103
The Background: Transformational Vision of the Kavod......Page 105
In the Likeness of God's Image......Page 109
Internalization of the Kavod......Page 115
Crystallization of the New Paradigm: The Macarian Account of the Lord's Transfiguration......Page 117
Conclusion......Page 120
Introduction......Page 122
The Jacob Traditions......Page 124
The Enoch Traditions......Page 125
Angels of the Presence......Page 128
The Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian......Page 130
The Idiom of Standing and the Angel of the Presence......Page 133
The Idiom of the Hand and the Heavenly Counterpart......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 137
Resurrection of Adam's Body: The Redeeming Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch......Page 140
Introduction......Page 146
Oneiromantic Dreams......Page 149
Angelus Interpres......Page 151
Esoteric Knowledge......Page 153
Heavenly Counterpart......Page 155
Stars and Fallen Angels......Page 158
Transformation of the Seer's Face......Page 160
PART II: THE DIVINE NAME TRADTITONS......Page 163
Introduction......Page 164
Biblical Background of the Shem Tradition......Page 166
The Revelation of the Divine Sound......Page 173
The Singer of the Eternal One......Page 174
Praxis of the Voice......Page 176
"No Other Power of Other Form"......Page 179
The Idol of Jealousy......Page 181
Conclusion......Page 182
Introduction......Page 185
Priestly Role of the Seventh Antediluvian Patriarch in Early Enochic Traditions......Page 189
Heavenly High Priest......Page 196
Celestial Choirmaster......Page 200
The Beginnings: Liturgical Role of Enoch in the Slavonic Apocalypse......Page 202
The Servant of God's Face......Page 205
Youth......Page 207
Conclusion......Page 209
Introduction......Page 211
Yahoel, the Bird of Heaven......Page 212
The Turtledove and the Pigeon: Pteromorphic Psychopomps......Page 215
Fallen Angel Azazel, the Impure Bird......Page 217
Invisible Angels......Page 220
Conclusion......Page 222
Introduction......Page 224
Abraham the Iconoclast: The Background of the Imagery......Page 226
Bar-Eshath, the Son of Fire......Page 228
Testing by the Fire......Page 232
Mar-Umath, the One Who is "Heavier than Stone"......Page 237
"A Likeness of the a Craftsman's Work"......Page 239
Conclusion......Page 241
Introduction......Page 243
I. 2 Enoch 7: The Watchers in the Second Heaven......Page 247
Traces of the Enochic Template......Page 248
Traces of the Adamic Template......Page 251
Traces of the Enochic Template......Page 255
Traces of the Adamic Template......Page 261
III. The Transitional Template and its Afterlife in the Shi'
ur Qomah and Hekhalot accounts......Page 265
Three Watchers......Page 266
Enoch as the Celestial Choirmaster of the Watchers......Page 268
Conclusion......Page 272
Introduction......Page 275
Bar-Eshath......Page 277
The Biblical Background of the Tale of the Fallen Tree......Page 278
The Demoted Cherub......Page 284
The Divine Face......Page 288
Conclusion......Page 289
Index of Modern Authors......Page 291
Subject Index......Page 297