Description: Demonstrates how conflict between a human adept as the divine warrior and an otherworldly antagonist plays a key role in early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic accounts.
Brief description: Andrei A. Orlov is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. His previous books include The Greatest Mirror: Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha; Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism; Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology; and Demons of Change: Antagonism and Apotheosis in Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism, all published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"Orlov's book is an important contribution to the study of ancient demonology in early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic traditions." - Journal for the Study of Judaism
"There is no book that covers the vast amount of material, expanse of time, and variety of literary collections that this book does. The author's amazing attention to detail and his knowledge of both the material and the secondary literature are unsurpassed in the field." - Archie T. Wright, author of The Origin of Evil Spirits: The Reception of Genesis 6:1-4 in Early Jewish Literature, Revised Edition