A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch: 'All Nations Shall be Blessed'

Full title
A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch: 'All Nations Shall be Blessed'
Research notes

Reader Checked|OA 20/08/2013

Reference type
Author(s)
Olson, Daniel C.
Year
2013
Issue / Series Volume
24
Series Title
Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha
Abbreviated Series Name
SVTP
Publisher
Brill
Place of Publication
Leiden
Work type
Label
18/02/2013
Abstract

A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch is the most comprehensive theological commentary on this important second-century BCE Jewish apocalypse to date, laying out the purpose and methodology of this Enochic allegory and using this as the basis for a new commentary on the whole text, presented here in a fresh translation. Against other interpretations that focus on Israel and its institutions, Daniel Olson argues that the promise of universal blessing in the Abrahamic covenant is presented in the Animal Apocalypse as the governing dynamic in a sacred history that begins and ends with humanity in general. The authentic Jacob/Israel will appear in the end times and be the catalyst of universal salvation.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Composition / Author
Passage
85^90