The Life of Adam and Eve and the nature of Second Temple religious devotion: Can Satan be trusted concerning the worship of Adam?
The Life of Adam and Eve contains an episode in which Satan describes the protoplast Adam receiving worship from the angels of heaven, worship commanded by God himself. This tradition has played a role in recent debates over the nature of Second Temple religious devotion to the God of Israel. In par...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2024
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2024, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 198-216 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pseudepigrapha
/ Adam und Eva
/ śaṭan
/ Veneration
/ Worship of God
/ God of the forefathers
/ Israel (Antiquity)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
life of Adam and Eve
B Devil B exclusive monotheism B inclusive monotheism B Satan B worship of Adam B TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN |
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| Summary: | The Life of Adam and Eve contains an episode in which Satan describes the protoplast Adam receiving worship from the angels of heaven, worship commanded by God himself. This tradition has played a role in recent debates over the nature of Second Temple religious devotion to the God of Israel. In particular, it has been put forward as an example that undermines arguments that Israel’s God alone was the exclusive recipient of Jewish cultic worship. Within this debate, the reliability of Satan as a narrator within the Life of Adam and Eve has yet to be considered. Demonstrating Satan to be an unreliable narrator would have significant implications for the role of the Life of Adam and Eve in the debate regarding the nature of Jewish religious devotion. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09518207231195099 |