Angel Veneration and Christology

Name: Angel Veneration and Christology | A Study in Early Judaism and in the Christology of the Apocalypse of John
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A Study in Early Judaism and in the Christology of the Apocalypse of John

Loren T. Stuckenbruck(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Erschienen im Dezember 2019

XVIII, 348 Seiten

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Cover
Titel
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
I. The Problem
II. Jewish Concepts and Early Christology: Continuity and Discontinuity
III. "Monotheism": Defining a Theological Construct
IV. Scholarly Approaches to Christology in the Apocalypse of John
A. The Apocalypse: Jewish or Christian?
B. Eschatology
C. The Socio-Historical Situation
D. The Symbolic World
V. Angelology, Christology, and Monotheism: An Approach to the Apocalypse of John
PART TWO: ANGELIC AND HEAVENLY FIGURES: VENERATION AND MONOTHEISM
I. An Accommodation of "Monotheism" in Judaism: The Criterion of Veneration
II. The Venerative Status of Angels
A. Polemical Texts
1. Midrashic Proscriptions in Rabbinic Literature
a. Rabbinic Interpretation of Exodus 2:4,23: Angels and Natural Phenomena
b. Other Rabbinic Interdictions
i. j. Berakhoth 9:13a-b
ii. Exodus Rabbah 32:4
iii. b. Sanhedrin 38b
EXCURSUS
c. Summary
2. Angelophanic Prohibitions in Jewish and Jewish-Christian Writings
a. Bauckham's Study
b. Components of the Angelic Refusal: The Origin and Development of the Tradition
i. The Seer's Reaction to an Angelophanic Setting
ii. Fear: The Seer's Veneration and the Angel's Prohibition
iii. The Angelic Denial of Superiority over the Seer
iv. The Emphasis on God
c. Summary
3. Alleged Allusions to Angel Worship in New Testament Writings and Early Christian Literature
a. Galatians 4:3,8-9 (viz. 3:19-20)
b. Colossians 2:18
c. Hebrews 1:5-2:18
d. Second Century Accusations: Kerygma Petrou, Aristides, and Celsus (Origen, c.Cels. 1.26
5.6)
4. Summary
B. Non-Polemical Sources
1. Qumran Documents
a. Purported Evidence
b. "Fellowship" with Angels and Veneration
i. The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
ii. 11Q Berakhot
c. Summary
2. Other Early Jewish Texts
a. A Doxology in Tobit 11:14-15
b. Joseph and Aseneth 14:1-12 and 15:11-12x
c. Pseudo-Philo 13:6
d. Angelic Mediation and Prayer: Other Early Jewish Texts
i. Enochic Literature
(a) 1 Enoch 9:1-11
(b) 1 Enoch 15:2
(c) 1 Enoch 40:6,9
(d) 1 Enoch 47:1-2
(e) 1 Enoch 99:3
(f) 1 Enoch 104:1
ii. Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
(a) Testament of Levi 3:5-7
(b) Testament of Levi 5:5-6
(c) Testament of Dan 6:2
iii. Other Writings
(a) Tobit 12:12,15
(b) 3 Baruch 11-16
(c) Pseudo-Philo 15:5
(d) Vita et Adae et Evae 9:3
(e) Testament of Solomon 5:5
e. Summary
3. ???e??? Inscriptions in Asia Minor
a. Rheneia (near Delos)
b. Kalecik (Galatia)
c. Eumeneia (Phrygia)
d. Jewish Magical Materials from Asia Minor
i. Cyzicus (ca. 90 mi. north of Pergamum)
ii. The Region of Smyrna
EXCURSUS: Jewish Invocation of Angels in Magical Sources from Antiquity
III. Summary
A. A Veneration of Angels in Early Judaism?
B. Angelology and Christology
PART THREE: ASPECTS OF ANGELOLOGY AND MONOTHEISM IN THE CHRISTOLOGY OF THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN
I. Introduction
II. The Opening Epiphany in Revelation 1:12-20 and Its Relation to Angelology in the Apocalypse
A. A Traditio-historical Comparison
B. Christ's Divinity: The "Ancient of Days" and the Old Greek Tradition to Daniel 7:13
EXCURSUS
C. Christ as an Angelomorphic Being: The Tradition
D. Christ as an Angelic Being: Affinities Between Angels in the Apocalypse and the Opening Epiphany
1. The "Voice as the Sound of Many Waters": 14:1-5 and 19:1-8
2. "Clothed" and "Girded at the Breasts with Golden Belts": The Seven Angels in 15:6
3. "His Face as the Sun" and the "Cloud": The Angel in 10:1-11
E. Christ and the Angels of the Seven Churches
1. The "Angels" of the Seven Churches
2. The Portrayal of Christ in the Letters and the Epiphany
III. Revelation 14:6-20: "One like a Son of Man" and the Angels
IV. The Refusal Tradition in the Apocalypse of John
A. The Angel in 19:10 and 22:8-9
B. A Double Refusal
1. Revelation 19:9-10
2. Comparison Between Revelation 22:8-9 and 19:10
C. The Refusal Tradition and the Opening Vision of the Apocalypse
V. Christology and Monotheism in the Apocalypse
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
I. Angels and Monotheistic Devotion
II. Traditions Against Worshiping Angels
III. A Polemic Against "Worshiping" Angels in the Apocalypse of John
IV. Angelomorphic Christology in the Apocalypse of John
V. Christology and Monotheism: A Pattern of Accommodation?
Appendix: Texts Form-Critically Compared for the Refusal Tradition
Selected Bibliography
I. Primary Sources and Reference Works
II. Secondary Sources
Index of Passages
Index of Subjects

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