Fallen Angels And The History Of Judaism And Christianity

Download or read book Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity written by Annette Yoshiko Reed and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the early history of Jewish-Christian relations focussing on the fallen angels.

Download or read book The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions written by Angela Kim Harkins and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars explore the tradition, rooted in Genesis 6, of “the Watchers,” mysterious heavenly beings who became the focus of rich cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism. Chapters trace the development of the Watchers through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings.

Download or read book Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism written by Annette Yoshiko Reed and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new explanation of the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology, drawing on non-canonical writings and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.

Download or read book Fallen Angels written by Bernard J. Bamberger and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of evil has challenged mankind ever since the dawn of intelligence. Why is there evil in the world and why do pain and suffering come upon those who do not seem to deserve it? Written in a simple, popular style, Bamberger's book, first published in 1952, will appeal to anyone who, no matter what his own answer to the question may be, is curious to learn how it has been answered in the past or is being answered by others in our own age. The author traces the history of the belief in fallen angels in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and assembles a variety of tales and superstitions -- some grotesque, others quaint and humorous. His presentation also reveals a basic divergence between Judaism and Christianity in their respective attitudes toward the devil. The concluding chapter of the work deals with the return of the devil to prominence in contemporary religious thought and shows how Judaism seeks its own solution to the problem of evil. The book contains an extensive bibliography, notes, and index.

Download or read book Angels: A Very Short Introduction written by David Albert Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, fairies, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? This Very Short Introduction investigates stories and speculations about angels in religions old and new, in art, literature, film, and the popular imagination.

Download or read book Fallen Angels written by Harold Bloom and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold Bloom, our preeminent literary critic, essays to explain the meaning of angels in world literature

Download or read book The Myth of Rebellious Angels written by Stuckenbruck, Loren T. and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mythical story of fallen angels preserved in 1 Enoch and related literature was profoundly influential during the Second Temple period. In this volume renowned scholar Loren Stuckenbruck explores aspects of that influence and demonstrates how the myth was reused and adapted to address new religious and cultural contexts. Stuckenbruck considers a variety of themes, including demonology, giants, exorcism, petitionary prayer, the birth and activity of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the conversion of Gentiles, "apocalyptic" and the understanding of time, and more. He also offers a theological framework for the myth of fallen angels through which to reconsider several New Testament texts--the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, Acts, Paul's letters, and the book of Revelation.