The blessing of Enoch : 1 Enoch and contemporary theology / Edited by Philip F. Esler.

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English
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  • Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2017]
  • ©2017
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xi, 231 pages ; 24 cm

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    The chapters in this book represent a selection of the papers delivered at two conferences, one in Addis Ababa, at the Capuchin Franciscan Retreat and Conference Center, February 2015, and the other in Cheltenham, at the University of Gloucester, October 2015.--Page 3.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Philip F. Esler
    • 1 Enoch and the Biblical canon / Gordon McConville
    • Plotting "holy tradition" in Ethiopian Orthodox discourse / Alexandra Sellassie Antohin
    • The contemporary influence of Ethiopian Andemta traditional commentary: examples from the commentary on 1 Enoch and other texts / Ralph Lee
    • The Animal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90) in the light of Ethiopian traditional commentary: the case of "open and closed" eyes / Daniel Assefa
    • Social and economic injustice: apocalyptic themes in the Epistle of Enoch and the Apocalypse of John / Archie T. Wright
    • The political theology of the Similitudes of Enoch in its ancient context and its theological implications / Crispin Fletcher-Louis
    • Words from the Book of Enoch on the environment / Loren T. Stuckenbruck
    • The cry of the earth in 1 Enoch and environmental theology / Daniel Assefa
    • The identity of the Son of Man: messianism and participation in the Book of (1) Enoch / Grant Macaskill
    • Suffering and Anawim identity in 1 Enoch 108: towards a theology of persecution / Sofanit T. Abebe
    • Deus Victor: the nature and defeat of evil in the Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36) / Philip F. Esler
    • 1 Enoch: an artist's response / Angus Pryor.
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    • 1 Enoch and contemporary theology
    • First Enoch and contemporary theology
    ISBN
    • 9781532614248 ((paperback))
    • 1532614241 ((paperback))
    • 1532614268 ((hardcover))
    • 9781532614262 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017275504
    OCLC
    983713615
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