Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
113,1 (2022) 122-155
Keywords:
Philo, Criticism and interpretation
;
Life of Adam and Eve Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Testaments of the twelve patriarchs Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Abstract:
A commonly recognized feature of the Apocalypse of Moses is its ethical-inferential orientation. However, the present article seeks to show that this does not just manifest itself in retrospective reflection, but is also exemplified narratologically in the attacks on Cain, Abel, and Seth. Far from being superfluous to the main narrative, these incidents provide us with a paradigm for understanding the Apocalypse’s anthropological-hamartiological framework in the post-paradisiacal world: The one who does what is good will send both devil and beast into flight, but the one who does not will be overcome by them. In order to substantiate this thesis, the article compares the Apocalypse to the works of Philo and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
DOI:
10.1515/znw-2022-0006
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