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
2 - Rethinking Scribalism and Change in Second Temple Judaism
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 draws upon new evidence for the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls to make the case for situating the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology in the third century BCE. It considers the new views of scribes, books, and knowledge within sources like the Aramaic Levi Document, Admonitions of Qahat, and Visions of Amram in relation to broader cultural trends in the Hellenistic Near East.
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- Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism , pp. 87 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020