This is an innovative investigation of the puzzling animal imagery
found in three 2nd-century BCE texts: the Animal Apocalypse (1
Enoch 85-90), the Testament of Naphtali and Daniel 7. It urges that
a sense of cultural change is required to understand this
well-known imagery, and argues in particular that the mentality
underlying the kosher legislation played a significant, even if
unconscious, role in the imagination of the various authors. A
reading of the Animal Apocalypse is offered which argues that the
author utilized the unclean precisely because they represent for
him the forces of chaos set in opposition to God. Bryan
acknowledges that the bizarre creatures of T. Naph. 5 and Daniel 7
belong to a different kind of imagery (Mischwesen), but argues that
awareness of the influence of the kosher mentality opens up new
explanations. As mixed creatures, they represent a radical break
with order. They are an intense form of unclean creature, and those
whom they represent are perceived to be living embodiments of the
powers of chaos.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Biblical Studies |
| Release date: |
2015 |
| Authors: |
David Bryan
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4742-3036-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4742-3036-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781474230360 |
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