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Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Orientalia Judaica Christiana 2 Orientalia Judaica Christiana, the Christian Orient and its Jewish Heritage, is dedicated, first of all, to the afterlife of the Jewish Second Temple traditions within the traditions of the Christian East. A second area of exploration is some priestly (non-Talmudic) Jewish traditions that survived in the Christian environment Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Andrei Orlov govg'ms press 2009 For law and June Fair ... Then the old man stood up and stretched his hands to wards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, "If you will, you can become all flame/5 Apophthegmata Patrum, Joseph of Panephysis, 7. Abba Bessarion, at the point of death, said, "The monk ought to be as the Cherubim and the Seraphim: all eye." Apophthegmata Patrum, Bessarion, 11. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface xv Locations of the Original Publications xvii List of Abbreviations xix INTRODUCTION. The Kavod and Shem Paradigms and Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha 1 Silvanus and Anthony. 3 Moses and Elijah 8 Enoch and Abraham 12 PART I: THE DIVINE BODY TRADITIONS 19 "Without Measure and Without Analogy": The Tradition of the Divine Body in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch 21 Introduction 21 Adamic Tradition of 2 Enoch 23 The Corporeality of the Protoplast 26 From the Four Corners of the World 29 The Measure of the Divine Body. 34 Bodily Ascent 37 Adam and Enoch: "Two Powers" in Heaven 38 Two Bodies Created According to the Likeness of the Third One 43 The Pillar of the World: The Eschatological Role of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch 49 Introduction 49 I. The Protological Disintegration: Aeon Adoil as the Foundation of the World 50 EE X DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS IN THE SLAVONIC PSEUDEPIGRAPHA II. The Eschatological Reintegration: The Aeon of the Righteous 53 The motif of luminosity. 55 The Righteous as the Foundation 55 III. Enoch-Metatron as the Foundation of the World 57 Enoch's Righteousness 57 Enoch's luminosity. 60 Incorruptibility of Enoch 61 Enoch as the Revealer. 62 Enoch as the Sacerdotal Foundation 63 Enoch as the Redeemer 64 Conclusion 66 The Face as the Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary in the Slavonic ladder of Jacob 67 Introduction 67 The Slavonic Account of Jacob's Vision 69 The Face as God's Kavod. 70 The Face as Jacob's Heavenly Counterpart 75 Uriel-Sariel-Phanuel 82 Princes of the Face 85 Conclusion 88 "Many Lamps Are Lightened from the One": Paradigms of the Transformational Vision in the Macarian Homilies....91 The Background: Transformational Vision of the Kavod. 93 In the Likeness of God's Image 97 Internalization of the Kavod. 103 Crystallization of the New Paradigm: The Macarian Account of the Lord's Transfiguration 105 Conclusion 108 Moses' Heavenly Counterpart in the Book of Jubilees and the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian Ill Introduction Ill I. The Background: The Heavenly Counterpart of the Seer in the Jacob and the Enoch Traditions 113 The Jacob Traditions 113 The Enoch Traditions 114 Angels of the Presence 117 TABLE OF CONTENTS XI II. The Heavenly Counterpart of Moses 119 The Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian 119 The Idiom of Standing and the Angel of the Presence 122 The Idiom of the Hand and the Heavenly Counterpart 125 Conclusion 126 Resurrection of Adam's Body: The Redeeming Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch 129 In the Mirror of the Divine Face: The Enochic Features of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian 135 Introduction 135 Oneiromantic Dreams 138 Heavenly Ascent 140 Angelus Interpres 140 Esoteric Knowledge 142 Heavenly Counterpart 144 Stars and Fallen Angels 147 Transformation of the Seer's Face 149 PART II: THE DIVINE NAME TRADTITONS 153 Praxis of the Voice: The Divine Name Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham 155 Introduction 155 Biblical Background of the Shem Tradition 157 The Voice of the Mighty One: The Aural Mysticism of the Apocalypse of Abraham 164 The Revelation of the Divine Sound 164 The Singer of the Eternal One 165 Praxis of the Voice 167 "No Other Power of Other Form" 170 The Idol of Jealousy. 172 Conclusion 173 Celestial Choir-Master: The Liturgical Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch and the Merkabah Tradition 177 Introduction 177 Priestly Role of the Seventh Antediluvian Patriarch in Early Enochic Traditions 181 XII DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS IN THE SLAVONIC PSEUDEPIGRAPHA Tabernacle of the Youth: Priestly and Liturgical Roles of Enoch-Metatron in the Merkabah Tradition 188 Heavenly High Priest 188 Celestial Choirmaster. 192 The Beginnings: Liturgical Role of Enoch in the Slavonic Apocalypse 194 The Servant of God's Face 197 Youth 199 Conclusion 201 The Pteromorphic Angelology of the Apocalypse of Abraham 203 Introduction 203 Yahoel, the Bird of Heaven 204 The Turtledove and the Pigeon: Pteromorphic Psychopomps 207 Fallen Angel Azazel, the Impure Bird 209 Invisible Angels 212 Conclusion 214 "The Gods of My Father Terah": Abraham the Iconoclast and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham 217 Introduction 217 Abraham the Iconoclast: The Background of the Imagery. 219 Bar-Eshath, the Son of Fire 221 Testing by the Fire 225 Mar-Umath, the One Who is "Heavier than Stone" 230 "A Likeness of the a Craftsman's Work" 232 Conclusion 234 The Watchers of Satanail: The Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch 237 Introduction 237 I. 2 Enoch 7: The Watchers in the Second Heaven 241 Traces of the Enochic Template 242 Traces of the Adamic Template 245 II. 2 Enoch 18: The Watchers in the Fifth Heaven 249 Traces of the Enochic Template 249 Traces of the Adamic Template 255 III. The Transitional Template and its Afterlife in the Shfur Qomah and Hekhalot accounts 259 TABLE OF CONTENTS XIII Three Watchers.... .260 Enoch as the Celestial Choirmaster of the Watchers.. 262 Conclusion 266 The Fallen Trees: Arboreal Metaphors and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham 269 Introduction 269 Bar-Eshath ..271 The Biblical Background of the Tale of the Fallen Tree 272 The Demoted Cherub 278 The Divine Face 282 Conclusion 283 Index of Modern Authors..... .....285 Subject Index 291 PREFACE This book contains several essays previously published in journals inac cessible to many interested readers. I am thankful to the editors of these journals for permission to re-use the material. The format and the style of the original publications have been changed to comply with the standards of the collection. Some alterations also have been made due to printing er rors or obvious errors of fact. Some footnotes have been omitted as they appeared in more than one article. I am grateful to Basil Lourie for accepting this volume for the Orien talia judaica Christiana series. I am also indepted to Kassia Senina and the editorial team of the Gorgias Press for their help, patience and profession alism during preparation of the book for publication. Finally, I would like to dedicate this work to my dear friends Ian and June Fair. Andrei Orlov Milwaukee Pentecost 2009 LOCATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS "'Many Lamps Are Lightened from the One': Paradigms of the Transfor mational Vision in the Macarian Homilies." Vigiliae Christianae 55 (2001): 281-98 (with Alexander Golitzin). "Celestial Choirmaster: The Liturgical Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch and the Merkabah Tradition." Journalfor the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 14.1 (2004): 3-24. "The Face as the Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary in the Slavonic Ladder of Jacob." In Evans, C. A., ed. Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Inter pretation and Transmission of Scripture. Vol. 2, 59—76. Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, 9. London: T&T Clark, 2004. "Without Measure and Without Analogy': The Tradition of the Divine Body in 2 (Slavonic) Enochs Journal of Jewish Studies 56.2 (2005): 224—44. "Resurrection of Adam's Body: The Redeeming Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch" In Lourie B. and A. Orlov, eds. The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism (Scrinium 3), 385—9. St. Petersburg: Byzantinorossica, 2007. "Moses' Heavenly Counterpart in the Book of Jubilees and the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian." Biblica 88 (2007): 153-73. "The Pillar of the World: The Eschatological Role of the Seventh Antedi luvian Hero in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch." Henoch 30.1 (2008): 119-35. "Praxis of the Voice: The Divine Name Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham." Journal of Biblical Literature 127.1 (2008): 53—70. xviii DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS IN THE SLAVONIC PSEUDEPIGRAPHA '"The Gods of My Father Terah': Abraham the Iconoclast and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham" Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18.1 (2008): 33—53. "In the Mirror of the Divine Face: The Enochic Features of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian." In Brooks, G., H. Najman and L. Stuckenbruck, eds. The Significance of Sinai: Traditions about Sinai and Divine Revelation in Juda ism and Christianity^ 183—99. Themes in Biblical Narrative, 12. Leiden: Brill, 2008. "The Pteromorphic Angelology of the Apocalypse of Abraham" Catholic Bib lical Quarterly (2009): forthcoming. "The Fallen Trees: Arboreal Metaphors and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham" Harvard Theological Review 102 (2009): forthcoming. "The Watchers of Satanail: The Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch" unpublished. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AB The Anchor Bible AGJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Ur- christentums