Enochic Judaism
Three Defining Paradigm Exemplars
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567081650
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 01/06/2004
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
From the Books of Enoch, Jackson identifies a paradigm of order as opposed to deviation, which defined orthodoxy and elect identity in a manner which was absolutely exclusive. Over 300 years "Enochic Judaism" developed three working models within this paradigm to explain their worldview and its implications. These three models concerned 1) the fall of the angels under Shemikhazah (ethnic purity); 2) the revealing of secrets under the leadership of 'Aza'el (cultural purity); and 3) the going astray of the cosmos through the sin of the angels who govern its phenomena (liturgical purity). Jackson examines the way in which this tradition was developed within the Dead Sea Scrolls literature and notes its acceptance as authentic and authoritative within the so-called sectarian literature in particular.
Contents; Abbreviations; Part A: Introduction; Chapter 1: Seeking a Definition; Chapter 2: Paradigms and Paradigm Exemplars; The Enochic 'Paradigm'; "'Antilanguage'; Three Defining Paradigm Exemplars; Part B: Three Paradigm Exemplars; Chapter 3: The Shemikhazah Exemplar: Ethnic Deviation; The Books of Enoch; The Book of Giants; Jubilees; The Genesis Apocryphon; Other Noahic Narratives from Qumran; The Damascus Rule; Tobit; The Use of the Exemplar by the Yakhad; Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; The Book of Parables; Other Jewish Literature of the Second Temple; Period; After the Fall of Jerusalem 70-135 C.E.; Chapter 4: The 'Aza'el Exemplar: Cultural Deviation; Introduction; The Books of Enoch; The Book of Giants; Jubilees; The Testament of Levi and other Qumran; Testaments; The Genesis Apocryphon; The Temple Scroll; Varieties of Special Revelation; The Revelation/Wisdom Belonging to the Demons; Other Witnesses to a Secret Canon; The Book of Parables; Chapter 5: The Cosmic Exemplar: Liturgical Deviation; Introduction; The Cosmology of the Books of Enoch; The Cosmology of Jubilees; Cosmology in the Qumran Literature; The 364-Day Calendar; Cosmic Regularity and Liturgy; Cosmic Regularity and 'Anniversaries'; Cosmic Regularity and History; Cosmic Regularity and Eschatology; The Enochic Schema after 70 C.E.; Excursus 1: The Origins of the Enochic Calendar and Jaubert's Hypothesis; Excursus 2: The Book of Parables (1 Enoch 37-71); Excursus 3: The Calendar and Ben Sira; Part C: Conclusion; Appendix 1: The 364-day Qumran Calendar; Appendix 2: Data Table; Bibliography
'Jackson's study is certainly one that scholars who are interested in 1 Enoch and Qumran will find stimulating and challenging.' Benjamin Wright, Recensiones