Supernal Serpent: Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

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Andrei A. Orlov (Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, Marquette University)

Supernal Serpent

Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

Andrei A. Orlov (Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, Marquette University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
11 September 2023

Christianity; Old Testaments; Judaism

Supernal Serpent explores the development of the Leviathan tradition from its early roots in ancient West Asian and biblical accounts, up to the later rabbinic traditions. Concentrating on the theophanic features of Leviathan's appearances in Jewish biblical, pseudepigraphical, and rabbinic accounts, special attention is paid to the traditions found in the Book of Job and the Apocalypse of Abraham. Leading scholar Andrei Orlov argues that the Apocalypse of Abraham presents Leviathan in an anti-theophany, a revelation of the underworld's ruler. Orlov delves into the cultic significance of Leviathan and its roles as the sacred courtyard of the cosmological sanctuary and the Foundation Stone of the Temple of Creation. The volume further discusses the background of Leviathan's role as the foundation of the world in ancient West Asian, biblical, rabbinic, and Muslim texts. Orlov suggests that the idea of the cosmological temple with a primordial monster as its sacred foundation provide a sacerdotal alternative that allowed Jewish apocalypticists to perpetuate their cultic vision in the absence of the earthly Temple. The study also demonstrates that, in some Jewish materials, Leviathan is envisioned as a living embodiment of the divine mysteries, which are preserved by God from the beginning of creation, but will be revealed fully in the eschaton to the elect. Ultimately, Supernal Serpent proposes that the Leviathan tradition found in the Apocalypse of Abraham plays a formative role in this conceptual move towards the reification of divine knowledge in the form of Leviathan serving as a bridge between the ancient West Asian, biblical, and pseudepigraphical testimonies concerning the primordial monster and their later rabbinic and Muslim counterparts.

By: Andrei A. Orlov (Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity Marquette University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 237mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 644g
ISBN: 9780197684146
ISBN 10: 0197684149
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 11 September 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He is a specialist in Jewish and Christian apocalypticism and mysticism, Second Temple Judaism, and Old Testament pseudepigrapha. Within the field of early Jewish literature, Orlov is considered among the leading experts in the Jewish pseudepigrapha preserved in Slavonic language, including 2 Enoch and the Apocalypse of Abraham. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition and The Glory of the Invisible God: Two Powers in Heaven Traditions and Early Christology.

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The book will be impenetrable for most undergraduates... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *

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Supernal Serpent

Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

Andrei A. Orlov (Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, Marquette University)

$233

Hardback

Reviews for Supernal Serpent: Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

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