Revealing the secrets. Wisdom and the world in the Similitudes of Enoch

The aim of this paper is to investigate the wisdom character of the Similitudes of Enoch. It descriptionbes the way in which prophetic forms and thoughts were incorporated in a wisdom-apocalyptic context. The Similitudes of Enoch presents itself as a teaching on wisdom. It reveals the heavenly secre...

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Main Author: De Villiers, Pieter G. R. 1947- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: NTWSA 1983
In: Neotestamentica
Year: 1983, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-68
Further subjects:B 1 Enoch
B Theology
B Heavenly secrets
B Similitudes
B Christianity
B Eschatology
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