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020			_a9781139856430 (ebook)
020			_z9781107039070 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aBS1830.A62 _bO74 2013
082	0	0	_a229/.913 _223
100	1		_aOrlov, Andrei A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHeavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham / _cAndrei A. Orlov.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (224 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThe Apocalypse of Abraham is a vital source for understanding both Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism. Written anonymously soon after the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple, the text envisions heaven as the true place of worship and depicts Abraham as an initiate of celestial priesthood. Andrei A. Orlov focuses on the central rite of the Abraham story – the scapegoat ritual that receives a striking eschatological reinterpretation in the text. He demonstrates that the development of the sacerdotal traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham, along with a cluster of Jewish mystical motifs, represents an important transition from Jewish apocalypticism to the symbols of early Jewish mysticism. In this way, Orlov offers unique insight into the complex world of the Jewish sacerdotal debates in the early centuries of the Common Era. The book will be of interest to scholars of early Judaism and Christianity, Old Testament studies, and Jewish mysticism and magic.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107039070
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139856430
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37459 _d37459