Cosmos, chaos, and the Kosher mentality. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Bryan.
• Authors: Bryan, David J, 1956-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 APOCALYPSES, TESTAMENTS AND SYMBOLISM; 1. Apocalypses and Testaments in Relation to Prophecy; 2. Symbolism in the Apocalypses and Testaments; Part I: THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS; Chapter 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANIMAL APOCALYPSE; Chapter 3 MEN, BULLS, RAMS AND SHEEP IN THE ANIMAL APOCALYPSE; 1. 'Man'; Excursus 1. Is the Transformation of Noah Original?; Excursus 2. Yahweh and the Seventy Shepherds; 2. The Bull; 3. The Ram; 4. The Sheep; 5. The Use of Colour in the Animal Apocalypse; 6. Summary of the Chapter. Chapter 4 ELEPHANTS, CAMELS, AND WILD ASSES: THE OFFSPRING OF THE WATCHERS AS PORTRAYED IN THE ANIMAL APOCALYPSE1. The Watchers' Offspring in the Animal Apocalypse; 2. The Elephant, the Camel and the Ass in the Old Testament; 3. The Elephant in Palestine; 4. The Tradition of Three Kinds of Giant Offspring; 5. Conclusions; Chapter 5 THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONS IN THE ANIMAL APOCALYPSE; 1. The Outline in the Animal Apocalypse; 2. The Old Testament Roots of the Presentation of the Nations in the Animal Apocalypse. 3. Analysis of the Ethiopia Nouns for the Animals in relation to the Kosher Rules and to the Old Testament4. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 6 THE KOSHER LAWS DISTINGUISHING CLEAN AND UNCLEAN CREATURES; 1. The Scriptural Regulations; 2. Three Explanations of the Kosher Rules; 3. An Anthropological Approach to the Kosher Legislation; 4. Recent Critique of Douglas and Alternative Explanations; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 7 THE ANIMAL APOCALYPSE READ EN THE LIGHT OF THE KOSHER MENTALITY; 1. The Creation to the Flood (1 Enoch 85.3-89.8); 2. The Flood to the Eschaton (1 Enoch 89.9-90.38). 3. ConclusionExcursus 3. Why Did the Seer Consider the Sheep and the Ram to be Inferior to the Bull?; Part II: THE FANTASTIC AND THE FEARFUL; Chapter 8 THE TESTAMENT OF NAPHTALI 5; 1. The Text of the Greek Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; 2. Was there an Original Hebrew or Aramaic Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs!; 3. Is the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs a Jewish Document Interpolated by Christians, or is it a Christian Document?; 4. The Hebrew and Greek Versions of the Testament of Naphtali; 5. The Significance of the Mischwesen. Chapter 9 DANIEL 7 READ IN THE LIGHT OF THE KOSHER MENTALITY1. The Unity and Date of Daniel 7; 2. The Vision of the Beasts from the Sea; 3. The Roots of the Mischwesen Imagery; 4. The Mischwesen as the Product of the Kosher Mentality; 5. The Chaos Monster and the Kosher Rules; Excursus 4. P, the Chaos Monster, Creation and Uncleanness; 6. Conclusion; Chapter 10 'SUFFICIENT CONCLUSIONS?'; Appendix 1 TRANSCRIPTION TABLE OF THE ETHIOPIC ALPHABET; Appendix 2 THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS; Appendix 3 THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS.
• Publisher Details: London, England : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (303 pages)
• Subjects: 229.913; Animals -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Animals -- Symbolic aspects; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; Jews -- Dietary laws; Animals -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Animals -- Symbolic aspects; Apocalyptic literature; Jews -- Dietary laws; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474230377; 1474230377
• Related ISBNs: 9781474230360; 9781474228657
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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