224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the early Jewish understanding of divine knowledge as divine presence, which is embodied in major biblical exemplars, such as Adam, Enoch, Jacob, and Moses.
The study treats the concept of divine knowledge as the embodied divine presence in its full historical and interpretive complexity by tracing the theme through a broad variety of ancient Near Eastern and Jewish sources,... Read more
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: The Divine Image as the Hypostasis of Divine Knowledge
Chapter Two: The Divine Face as the Hypostasis of Divine Knowledge
Chapter Three: The Divine Name as the Hypostasis of Divine Knowledge
Chapter Four: The Epistemology of Divine Presence and Pseudepigraphical Attribution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA. He is the author of eighteen books, including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition and The Glory of the Invisible God: Two Powers in Heaven Traditions and Early Christology.
