Enoch and The Fall of the Angels: Teaching and Status
The present article proposes that Enoch’s status in Watchers and Parables is virtually angelic. It then goes on to compare the knowledge revealed to angelified Enoch with the teachings of the fallen angels in those two Enochic booklets. It becomes clear that the subjects taught by the Watchers are n...
| Published in: | Dead Sea discoveries |
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| Subtitles: | Religious Experience and the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2015
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| In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Enoch 1-36
/ Enoch 37-71
/ Henoch
/ Fall of the angels
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism NBH Angelology; demonology |
| Further subjects: | B
fallen angels
Watchers
revealed knowledge
teachings
seer
angelification
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| Summary: | The present article proposes that Enoch’s status in Watchers and Parables is virtually angelic. It then goes on to compare the knowledge revealed to angelified Enoch with the teachings of the fallen angels in those two Enochic booklets. It becomes clear that the subjects taught by the Watchers are negative aspects of subjects apprehended by Enoch is his angelified state. Thus the status of the revealer determines what can be revealed. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341366 |