Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
2. Translations and commentaries of 1 enoch......Page 12
3. Editions and collections of other major primary sources......Page 13
Introduction......Page 17
1. The “book(s) of enoch” and the book of the watchers......Page 18
2. Angelic descent, illicit instruction, and the origins of evil......Page 21
3. Oral and literary channels of transmission......Page 25
4. Jews and christians in late antiquity and the early middle ages......Page 29
5. The book of the watchers, 1 enoch, and the problem of textual identity......Page 32
1 Angelic Descent and Apocalyptic Epistemology: The Teachings of Enoch and the Fallen Angels in the  Book of the Watchers......Page 40
1. Sex, sin, and instruction in 1 en. 6–11......Page 43
i. Approaches to Angelic Sin......Page 45
ii. Topics of Angelic Teaching......Page 53
i. Two Perspectives on Angelic Sin and Secret Knowledge......Page 60
ii. The Descent of the Watchers and the Elevation of Enoch......Page 62
3. Enoch, the fallen angels, and the origins of evil in 1 en. 17–36......Page 65
4. The book of the watchers as scripture and exegesis......Page 68
2 From Scribalism to Sectarianism: The Angelic Descent Myth and the Social Settings of Enochic Pseudepigraphy......Page 74
1. The book of the watchers in historical and social context......Page 77
2. “Wisdom” and “apocalyptic”: ben sira and the book of the watchers......Page 85
3. Angelic descent in the epistle of enoch and book of dreams......Page 87
4. The earliest stages in the reception-history of the book of the watchers......Page 96
3 Primeval History and the Problem of Evil: Genesis, the Book of theWatchers, and the Fallen Angels in Pre-Rabbinic Judaism......Page 100
1. Jubilees, the qumran community, and the collection of enochic writings......Page 102
i. Angelic Instruction in Jubilees......Page 103
ii. The Fallen Angels and the Use of Enochic Literature in the Qumran Community......Page 111
2. The angelic descent myth and the nachleben of the book of the watchers......Page 117
ii. The “Sons/Angels of God” in Other Greek Jewish Texts......Page 122
iii. Competing Etiologies of Evil: Adam, Eve, and the Fallen Angels......Page 126
iv. Angelic Instruction in the Similitudes......Page 129
3. Gen 6:1–4 and the reception-history of the book of the watchers......Page 132
4 The Parting of the Ways? Enoch and the Fallen Angels in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity......Page 138
1. The jewish canon and the christian “appropriation” of jewish pseudepigrapha......Page 142
i. The Book of the Watchers in “Continuous Communities”......Page 143
ii. Scriptural Authority and “Canonical Consciousness” in the Pre-Rabbinic Period......Page 145
2. Enoch, enochic books, and the exegesis of gen 6:1–4 in rabbinic judaism......Page 152
i. Strictures on Apocalyptic Speculation......Page 156
ii. Canonical Consciousness and the Oral Torah......Page 158
3. Enoch, enochic books, and the fallen angels in proto-orthodox christianity......Page 163
i. The Angelic Reading of Gen 6:1–4 and the Enochic Myth of Angelic Descent......Page 165
ii. Enoch and the Status of Enochic Books in the Second and Third Centuries ce......Page 167
4. Text-selection and community boundaries......Page 171
5 Demonology and the Construction of Christian Identity: Approaches to Illicit Angelic Instruction among Proto-Orthodox Christians......Page 176
1. The motif of illicit angelic instruction in the writings of justin martyr......Page 177
i. The Retelling of the Angelic Descent Myth in 2 Apol. 5......Page 178
ii. The Teachings of Fallen Angels and the Teachings of Christ-Logos......Page 186
2. From cosmetics to philosophy: other approaches to the instruction motif......Page 190
i. Angelic Instruction and the Demonization of “Heresy”......Page 192
ii. The Wiles of Women and the Teachings of the Watchers......Page 193
3. The “christianization” of enochic texts and traditions......Page 201
6 The Interpenetration of Jewish and Christian Traditions: The Exegesis of Genesis and the Marginalization of Enochic Literature......Page 206
1. The rejection of the enochic pseudepigrapha by western christian orthodoxy......Page 210
2. The “sons of god” in late antique jewish and christian exegesis......Page 221
i. Gen 6:1–4 in Rabbinic Midrash......Page 222
ii. The “Sons of God” in the Targumim, Aquila, and Symmachus......Page 229
iii. The Rejection of the Angelic Reading of Gen 6:1–4 in Christian Circles......Page 234
iv. The “Sons of God” as Sons of Seth......Page 237
3. Settings for the continued transmission of the book of the watchers......Page 242
7 The Apocalyptic Roots of Merkabah Mysticism?: The Reemergence of Early Enochic Traditions in Rabbinic Judaism......Page 249
1. The book of the watchers and the hekhalot literature......Page 256
i. Is 1 EnochaWork of MerkavahMysticism?......Page 257
ii. Is 3 Enoch an Enochic Pseudepigraphon?......Page 259
i. 3 Enoch 4 (§§5–6) and the Babylonian Stage of Composition/Redaction......Page 265
ii. The Byzantine Stage of 3 Enoch’s Composition/Redaction/Transmission......Page 272
3. Angelic descent and angelic teaching in the “midrash on semh. azai and azael”......Page 274
4. Textual transmission and the permeability of community boundaries......Page 285
Epilogue......Page 289
Primary sources......Page 294
Secondary literature......Page 296
Index of Modern Authors......Page 313
Index of Primary Sources......Page 316
Subject Index......Page 326