Chaos and the Son of Man

Name: Chaos and the Son of Man
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ISBN: 9780567030986

By: Andrew Angel

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Bloomsbury Publishing / 2006 / Hardcover

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Title: Chaos and the Son of Man
By: Andrew Angel
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date: 2006

Dimensions: 9.20 X 6.10 X 0.80 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 3 ounces
ISBN: 0567030989
ISBN-13: 9780567030986
Series: Library of Second Temple Studies
Stock No: WW030986

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Andrew Angel briefly reviews the work of Old Testament scholars on the mythological motif of God's battle with the dragon and the chaos waters. He also reviews works that touch on the existence of the motif in the period 515 BCE to 200 CE, noting the need for thorough survey of the motif in Hebrew literature of this period.

There follows a study of forty-two Jewish and Christian texts (in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin), which establishes the fact that this mythological motif was well known in this period. Angel makes suggestions as to how this might offer fresh insights into the meaning of apocalyptic visions and texts that appear to refer to a 'son of man' figure in this period.