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A Study of the Geography of 1 Enoch 17-19 examines the travels of the patriarch Enoch who is given a guided tour of extraordinary and at times terrifying places located throughout the cosmos. Coblentz Bautch clarifies the text of 1 Enoch 17-19 by explaining how the sites described relate to one another geographically and by reconstructing the mental map of the geography that lies behind the textual descriptions. Especially provocative is the consideration of sources from the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible and the world of Hellenistic Judaism that may have informed the world view of 1 Enoch 17-19 and parallel traditions. Through this study an important facet of apocalypses is illumined: their portrayal of geography and sacred space.
Price: $173.00
Pages: 334
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
Publication Date:
16 September 2003
ISBN: 9789004131033
Format: Other
"This work is an important contribution to the field. I recommend it for serious scholars who are interested in apocalyptic literature or Second Temple Judaism." – John Whitley, in: Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
"I would like to reiterate my gratitude for this important and stimulating book and to commend it to others for profitable further study." – James Scott, in: Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
"I would like to reiterate my gratitude for this important and stimulating book and to commend it to others for profitable further study." – James Scott, in: Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Ph.D. (2002) in Hebrew Bible and Judaica, University of Notre Dame, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas. Her research interests include Second Temple period Judaism, apocalyptic literature, and gender and religion.