Author : Angela Kim Harkins
Release : 2014
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 785/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions by : Angela Kim Harkins
Download or read book The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions written by Angela Kim Harkins. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the origin of the Watchers tradition is the single enigmatic reference in Genesis 6 to the sons of God who had intercourse with human women, producing a race of giants upon the earth. That verse sparked a wealth of cosmological and theological speculation in early Judaism. Here leading scholars explore the contours of the Watchers traditions through history, tracing their development through the Enoch literature, Jubilees, and other early Jewish and Christian writings. This volume provides a lucid survey of current knowledge and interpretation of one of the most intriguing theological motifs of the Second Temple period.