Wrestling With Angels: A Study of the Relationship Between Angels and Humans in Ancient Jewish Literature and the New Testament (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte ... Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, Bd. 55.)

Wrestling With Angels: A Study of the Relationship Between Angels and Humans in Ancient Jewish Literature and the New Testament (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte ... Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, Bd. 55.)

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Book Description
This monograph explores the relationship between angels and humans during the late Second Temple and early Christian period (200BCE-100CE).

The issue of the similarity of appearance between humans and angels is considered in the first part of the book. In the second part three topics are covered: humans and angels living together in communities, angels as recipients of human hospitality, and the possibility of human-angel hybrid offspring.

This study provides insight into how the ancient Jews and Christians defined "angel", and it argues that a clear distinction was maintained between angels and humans. These analyses have implications for our understanding of nascent Christology as well as soteriology, and also for our understanding of early Jewish Mysticism.

About the Author
Kevin P. Sullivan, D.Phil. (2002) in Theology, University of Oxford, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Illinois Wesleyan University

Wrestling With Angels: A Study of the Relationship Between Angels and Humans in Ancient Jewish Literature and the New Testament (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte ... Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, Bd. 55.),Kevin P. Sullivan,Brill Academic Publishers,9004132244,Angels,Angels (Judaism),Bible - Criticism Interpretation - New Testament,Biblical teaching,Christianity,Christianity - Theology - Angelology,Early church, ca. 30-600,History of doctrines,Interior Design - General,Judaism,Judaism - History,Religion,Religion - Theology,Theology

Book Contents:

1. Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation: The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 34)
2. A Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets: Joshua
3. Abraham Kuenen: His Major Contributions to the Study of the Old Testament (1828-1891 : His Major Contributions to the Study of the Old Testament : a Collection ... Testament Studies Published on the Occas)
4. A Dictionary of Post Classical Yemeni Arabic
5. A Greek and Arabic Lexicon: Materials for a Dictionary of the Mediaeval Translations from Greek into Arabic : Fascicle 2 (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe Und Mi)
6. A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet: Transmission of the Canonical Literature (Handbuch Der Orientalistik Zweite Abteilung, Indien)
7. A Life of Anne of Hanover, Princess Royal (Publications of the Sir Thomas Browne Institute Leiden, New Series, No 13 No 13)
8. An Architecture of Complexity
9. Ancient Building in Cyprus (Handbuch Der Orientalistik Der Alte Vordere Orient, B-Vorderasien, Lieferung 8)
10. Ancient Sculptural Copies in Miniature (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition)

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