RT Article
T1 The Life of Adam and Eve and the nature of Second Temple religious devotion: Can Satan be trusted concerning the worship of Adam?
JF Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
VO 33
IS 3
SP 198
OP 216
A1 Winn, Adam 1976-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1883974275
AB The Life of Adam and Eve contains an episode in which Satan describes the protoplast Adam receiving worship from the angels of heaven, worship commanded by God himself. This tradition has played a role in recent debates over the nature of Second Temple religious devotion to the God of Israel. In particular, it has been put forward as an example that undermines arguments that Israel’s God alone was the exclusive recipient of Jewish cultic worship. Within this debate, the reliability of Satan as a narrator within the Life of Adam and Eve has yet to be considered. Demonstrating Satan to be an unreliable narrator would have significant implications for the role of the Life of Adam and Eve in the debate regarding the nature of Jewish religious devotion.
K1 worship of Adam
K1 TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN
K1 Satan
K1 life of Adam and Eve
K1 inclusive monotheism
K1 exclusive monotheism
K1 Devil
DO 10.1177/09518207231195099