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A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch: ""All Nations Shall be Blessed"" / With a New Translation and Commentary (Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, 24) - Hardcover
A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch offers a full theological analysis of this second-century BCE allegory and uses this as the basis for a new commentary on the text, presented in a fresh translation.
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Daniel C. Olson, PH.D. (2010) is currently a Lecturer in Religious Studies at St. Mary’s College, Moraga (CA). He has published numerous articles and monographs on 1 Enoch, including Enoch: A New Translation (BIBAL, 2004).
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"Olson here presents scholars of Second Temple Judaism with an exemplary work of rigorous research and balanced argument that moves the discussion constructively forward, leaving the reader busily thinking and directed to areas of promising further research."
David R. Jackson, William Carey Christian School, Prestons, NSW, Australia
It is not uncommon to encounter explanations of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch (AnAp) that reduce the work's complicated allegory to the mere identification of its symbolic actors. However, as Olson has shown, AnAp's allegory is strategically crafted in light of several theological, political, and historiographical concerns. The close consideration of these aspects opens new questions regarding the ancient contexts of AnAp's writers and readers. Olson's reading provides a model of how all of these aspects of the text might come together in a single conversation. His handling of several difficult interpretive impasses and his expert navigation of the primary texts will no doubt serve as a departure point for additional fresh readings of this ancient work.
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David R. Jackson, William Carey Christian School, Prestons, NSW, Australia
It is not uncommon to encounter explanations of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch (AnAp) that reduce the work's complicated allegory to the mere identification of its symbolic actors. However, as Olson has shown, AnAp's allegory is strategically crafted in light of several theological, political, and historiographical concerns. The close consideration of these aspects opens new questions regarding the ancient contexts of AnAp's writers and readers. Olson's reading provides a model of how all of these aspects of the text might come together in a single conversation. His handling of several difficult interpretive impasses and his expert navigation of the primary texts will no doubt serve as a departure point for additional fresh readings of this ancient work.
The Enoch Seminar Online
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- PublisherBRILL
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 9004245308
- ISBN 13 9789004245303
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages308
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