Supernal Serpent: Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

by Orlov

Supernal Serpent explores the development of the Leviathan tradition from its early roots in ancient West Asian and biblical accounts, up to the later rabbinic traditions. Concentrating on the theophanic features of Leviathan's appearances in Jewish biblical, pseudepigraphical, and rabbinic accounts, special attention is paid to the traditions found in the Book of Job and the Apocalypse of Abraham. Leading scholar Andrei Orlov argues that the Apocalypse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197684149
• ISBN13: 9780197684146
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"