Selected Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha Series Editors H.J. de Jonge J.-C. Haelewyck J. Tromp VOLUME 23 Selected Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha By Andrei A. Orlov LEIDEN • BOSTON 2009 Th is book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Orlov, Andrei A., 1960– Selected studies in the Slavonic pseudepigrapha / by Andrei A. Orlov. p. cm. — (Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha ; v. 23) Includes index. “Th is volume is a study of two of the most important Slavonic apocalypses, the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch, as crucial conceptual links between the symbolic universes of Second Temple apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism. Th e study seeks to understand the mediating role of these Slavonic pseudepigraphical texts in the development of Jewish angelological and theophanic traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to later Jewish Merkabah mysticism attested in the Hekhalot and Shiʿur Qomah materials. Th e study shows that mediatorial traditions of the principal angels and the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism”—ECIP data view. ISBN 978-90-04-17879-3 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Apocalypse of Abraham—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Slavonic book of Enoch—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Apocryphal books (Old Testament)—Translations into Slavic—History and criticism. 4. Mysticism— Judaism. I. Title. II. Series. BS1830.A62O75 2009 229’.913—dc22 2009031410 ISSN 0169-8125 ISBN 978 90 04 17879 3 Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Th e Netherlands. 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Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands For Deirdre Dempsey CONTENTS Preface .................................................................................................. xiii Locations of the Original Publications ........................................... xv INTRODUCTION Th e Jewish Pseudepigrapha in the Slavic Literary Environment ................................................................................... 3 PART I STUDIES IN THE APOCALYPSE OF ABRAHAM Praxis of the Voice: Th e Divine Name Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham ................................................................. 21 Th e Pteromorphic Angelology of the Apocalypse of Abraham .......................................................................................... 41 “Th e Gods of My Father Terah”: Abraham the Iconoclast and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham ..................................................................................... 55 Th e Fallen Trees: Arboreal Metaphors and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham .......... 75 PART II STUDIES IN 2 (SLAVONIC) ENOCH Th e Pillar of the World: Th e Eschatological Role of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch .................................. 93 Th e Heir of Righteousness and the King of Righteousness: Th e Priestly Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch and the Epistle to the Hebrews .................................................................................... 111 Th e Watchers of Satanail: Th e Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch ......................................................................... 133 viii contents In the Mirror of the Divine Face: Th e Enochic Features of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian ............................................... 165 Moses’ Heavenly Counterpart in the Book of Jubilees and the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian ............................................... 183 PART III SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE TRANSMISSION OF THE JEWISH PSEUDEPIGRAPHA IN THE SLAVIC MILIEUX 1. Slavonic Pseudepigrapha ............................................................. 203 1.1. Collections of the Slavonic Pseudepigraphical Texts ...... 203 1.2. Collections of the Translations of Slavonic Pseudepigraphical Texts ...................................................... 204 1.3. Bibliographies of the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha ............... 204 1.4. Pseudepigraphical Works and Fragments: ....................... 207 Fragment “Seventy Names of God” .................................. 207 Fragment “About All Creation” .......................................... 207 Slavonic Life of Adam and Eve ......................................... 208 Th e Story of God’s Creation of Adam ............................. 211 Adam Octipartite .................................................................. 213 Adamic Fragments in the Apocryphal Circle about the Tree of the Cross .............................................................. 214 Adamic Fragments in the Discourse of the Th ree Hierarchs ........................................................................... 216 Adamic Fragments in the Homily of Adam in Hades to Lazarus ............................................................................... 219 Satanael Text (Tentatio Adae et Evae a Satanael) ........... 220 Adamic and Satanael Fragments in the Legend about the Tiberian Sea ............................................................... 220 Th e Apocryphon about the Struggle of the Archangel Michael with Satanael ..................................................... 222 2 Enoch .................................................................................. 222 Enochic Fragment about the Two Tablets ........................ 243 Fragment about the Flood .................................................. 243 contents ix Noachic Fragments in the Revelation of Pseudo- Methodius ......................................................................... 244 Fragment about Lamech ..................................................... 246 Apocalypse of Abraham ...................................................... 246 Testament of Abraham ........................................................ 256 Apocryphal Fragments about Melchizedek ..................... 257 Ladder of Jacob ..................................................................... 259 Joseph and Aseneth ............................................................. 261 Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs ................................. 262 Testament of Job ................................................................... 264 Life of Moses ......................................................................... 264 Apocryphal Fragments about David ................................. 267 Apocryphal Fragments about Solomon ............................ 269 Apocryphal Fragments about Elijah ................................. 274 Fragments about Elijah in the Narration of Our Father Agapios .................................................................. 274 Ascension of Isaiah .............................................................. 276 3 Baruch ................................................................................. 278 4 Baruch ................................................................................. 284 Pseudo-Danielic Fragments ................................................ 285 Apocalypse of Zosimus ....................................................... 287 Ahiqar .................................................................................... 288 Adarian ................................................................................... 290 Th e Word of the Blessed Zerubbabel ................................ 291 Th e Josippon ......................................................................... 292 Th e Wisdom of Menander .................................................. 296 Th e Twelve Dreams of Sehachi .......................................... 297 2. Transmission of the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha ......................... 299 2.1. Palaeas: Palaea Historica .................................................................... 299 Palaea Interpretata ................................................................ 300 Palaea Chronographica ........................................................ 303 2.2. Chronicles: Th e Chronicle of George Syncellus ................................... 306 Th e Chronicle of George Amartolos ................................. 306 Th e Chronicle of John Malalas .......................................... 311 Th e Chronicle of John Zonaras .......................................... 314 Th e Chronicle of Constantine Manasses .......................... 315 Th e Chronicle of Simeon Logothetes ................................ 317 x contents 2.3. Chronographs: Chronograph po Velikomu Izlozheniju ............................ 318 Russian Chronograph .......................................................... 319 Troickij Chronograph .......................................................... 322 Letopisec Ellinskij i Rimskij ............................................... 323 Arhivskij Chronograph