Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Literature
Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Literature

Author: Leo Jung

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1556354169

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Rabbi Leo Jung (1892-1987) was one of the major architects of American Orthodox Judaism. He attended Cambridge University and received his doctorate from the University of London. He taught ethics and homiletics at Yeshiva University where he influenced the graduates to create an urbane, moral, and dignified Orthodoxy.

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels

Author: Bernard J. Bamberger

Publisher: Jewish Publication Society

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0827610475

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The problem of evil has challenged mankind ever since the dawn of intelligence. Why is there evil in the world and why do pain and suffering come upon those who do not seem to deserve it? Written in a simple, popular style, Bamberger's book, first published in 1952, will appeal to anyone who, no matter what his own answer to the question may be, is curious to learn how it has been answered in the past or is being answered by others in our own age. The author traces the history of the belief in fallen angels in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and assembles a variety of tales and superstitions -- some grotesque, others quaint and humorous. His presentation also reveals a basic divergence between Judaism and Christianity in their respective attitudes toward the devil. The concluding chapter of the work deals with the return of the devil to prominence in contemporary religious thought and shows how Judaism seeks its own solution to the problem of evil. The book contains an extensive bibliography, notes, and index.

The Fallen Angels Traditions
The Fallen Angels Traditions

Author: Angela Kim Harkins

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2023-09-14

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1666787426

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This collection presents new research in angelology, giving special attention to the otherworldly beings known as the Watchers who are able to move between heaven and earth. According to the pseudepigraphic Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36), these angels descend to mate with women. The collection begins by examining Watchers traditions in biblical and non-biblical writings (e.g., Gen 6:1-4, the Qumran Hodayot, Book of Jubilees, and Book of Revelation). The collection also surveys Watchers traditions among late antique writings, including the Apocryphon of John, Manichean and Islamic writings, testamentary literature, the Pseudo-Clementines, and medieval Scholastic texts.