Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels: Reminiscences, Allusions, Intertextuality
ISBN: 9780884141181
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Society of Biblical Literature
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Subjects: Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Congresses; Bible. Gospels -- Congresses;

Essential research for students and scholars of Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament

Since Richard Laurence published the first English translation of 1 Enoch in 1821, its importance for an understanding of early Christianity has been generally recognized. The present volume is the first book of essays contributed by international specialists in Second Temple Judaism devoted to the significance of traditions found in 1 Enoch for the interpretation of the Synoptic Gospels in the New Testament. Areas covered by the contributions include demonology, Christology, angelology, cosmology, birth narratives, forgiveness of sins, veneration, wisdom, and priestly tradition. The contributors are Joseph L. Angel, Daniel Assefa, Leslie Baynes, Gabriele Boccaccini, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Henryk Drawnel, André Gagné, Lester L. Grabbe, Daniel M. Gurtner, Andrei A. Orlov, Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Amy E. Richter, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Benjamin Wold, and Archie T. Wright.

Features:

Multiple approaches to thinking about the relationship between 1 Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels Exploration of the common socio-cultural and religious framework within which the traditions concerning Enoch and Jesus developed Articles presented at the Seventh Enoch Seminar in 2013

Loren T. Stuckenbruck is Chair of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in Germany. He is the author of numerous academic publications, most recently The Myth of Rebellious Angels: Studies in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament (Mohr Siebeck).

Gabriele Boccaccini is Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Early Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan. He is the author of twelve books, and the Director of the Enoch Seminar.

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