Book contents
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Multiplicity, Monotheism, and Memory in Ancient Israel
- 2 Rethinking Scribalism and Change in Second Temple Judaism
- 3 Writing Angels, Astronomy, and Aramaic in the Early Hellenistic Age
- 4 Textualizing Demonology as Jewish Knowledge and Scribal Expertise
- 5 Rewriting Angels, Demons, and the Ancestral Archive of Jewish Knowledge
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Multiplicity, Monotheism, and Memory in Ancient Israel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
Book contents
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Multiplicity, Monotheism, and Memory in Ancient Israel
- 2 Rethinking Scribalism and Change in Second Temple Judaism
- 3 Writing Angels, Astronomy, and Aramaic in the Early Hellenistic Age
- 4 Textualizing Demonology as Jewish Knowledge and Scribal Expertise
- 5 Rewriting Angels, Demons, and the Ancestral Archive of Jewish Knowledge
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter considers the lack of concern for demons and angels in early biblical literature, situating it in relation to other ancient cultures and surveying references to transmundane powers.
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- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism , pp. 41 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020