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From the Books of Enoch, Jackson identifies a paradigm of order as
opposed to deviation, which defined orthodoxy and elect identity in
a manner which was absolutely exclusive. Over 300 years "Enochic
Judaism" developed three working models within this paradigm to
explain their worldview and its implications. These three models
concerned 1) the fall of the angels under Shemikhazah (ethnic
purity); 2) the revealing of secrets under the leadership of
'Aza'el (cultural purity); and 3) the going astray of the cosmos
through the sin of the angels who govern its phenomena (liturgical
purity). Jackson examines the way in which this tradition was
developed within the Dead Sea Scrolls literature and notes its
acceptance as authentic and authoritative within the so-called
sectarian literature in particular.
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