Reimagining Enoch in sasanian Babylonia in light of zoroastrian and manichaean traditions

The article examines the reception and transmission of traditions about the figure of Enoch/Metatron in Sasanian Babylonia, and particularly the emergence of Metatron speculation in the Babylonian Talmud and 3 Enoch, by reading these traditions in light of Zoroastrian and Manichaean reports of the I...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Kiel, Yishai 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2015]
In: AJS review
Year: 2015, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 407-432
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Henoch-Metatron / Talmûd bavlî / Hebräisches Henochbuch, Enoch / Yima, God / Zoroastrianism / Manichaeism / Tradition / Simile / Identification
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
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