TY - BOOK ID - 80830744 TI - Demons, angels, and writing in ancient Judaism PY - 2020 SN - 9781139030847 9780521119436 9781108746090 052111943X 1108776108 1139030841 1108775608 1108746098 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jewish demonology KW - Angels KW - Judaism KW - Apocryphal books KW - 235 KW - 291.216 KW - 296*61 KW - Demonology, Jewish KW - Demonology, Semitic KW - Hellenistic Judaism KW - Judaism, Hellenistic KW - Angelology KW - Cherubim KW - Cherubs (Spirits) KW - Divine messengers KW - Seraphim KW - Spirits KW - Apocryphal literature KW - Pseudepigrapha KW - Sacred books KW - 296*61 Joodse theologie en filosofie--in de oudheid KW - Joodse theologie en filosofie--in de oudheid KW - 291.216 Demonen. Boze geesten KW - Demonen. Boze geesten KW - 235 Anges. Demons. Saints KW - 235 Engelen. Demonen. Heiligen KW - Anges. Demons. Saints KW - Engelen. Demonen. Heiligen KW - History KW - Dead Sea scrolls KW - Jerusalem scrolls KW - ʻAin Fashka scrolls KW - Jericho scrolls KW - Scrolls, Dead Sea KW - Qumrân scrolls KW - Rękopisy z Qumran KW - Shikai bunsho KW - Megilot Midbar Yehudah KW - Dodezee-rollen KW - Kumránské rukopisy KW - Documentos de Qumrán KW - Textos de Qumrán KW - Rollos del Mar Muerto KW - Manuscritos del Mar Muerto KW - Manuscrits de la mer Morte KW - Dödahavsrullarna KW - Kumranin kirjoitukset KW - Kuolleenmeren kirjoitukset KW - Qumranhandskrifterna KW - Qumranin kirjoitukset KW - Qumran Caves scrolls KW - Jewish demonology. KW - Angels. KW - Apocryphal books. KW - Dead Sea scrolls. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80830744 AB - What did ancient Jews believe about demons and angels? This question has long been puzzling, not least because the Hebrew Bible says relatively little about such transmundane powers. In the centuries after the conquests of Alexander the Great, however, we find an explosion of explicit and systematic interest in, and detailed discussions of, demons and angels. In this book, Annette Yoshiko Reed considers the third century BCE as a critical moment for the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology. Drawing on early 'pseudepigrapha' and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, she reconstructs the scribal settings in which transmundane powers became a topic of concerted Jewish interest. Reed also situates this development in relation to shifting ideas about scribes and writing across the Hellenistic Near East. Her book opens a window onto a forgotten era of Jewish literary creativity that nevertheless deeply shaped the discussion of angels and demons in Judaism and Christianity. ER -