The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

by David P. Melvin
The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

by David P. Melvin

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Overview

Melvin traces the emergence and development of the motif of angelic interpretation of visions from late prophetic literature (Ezekiel 40–48; Zechariah 1–6) into early apocalyptic literature (1 Enoch 17–36; 72–82; Daniel 7–8). Examining how the historical and socio-political context of exilic and post-exilic Judaism and the broader religious and cultural environment shaped Jewish angelology in general, Melvin concludes that the motif of the interpreting angel served a particular function. Building upon the work of Susan Niditch, Melvin concludes that the interpreting angel motif served a polemical function in repudiating divination as a means of predicting the future, while at the same time elevating the authority of the visionary revelation. The literary effect is to reimagine God as an imperial monarch who rules and communicates through intermediaries—a reimagination that profoundly influenced subsequent Jewish and Christian tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781451469660
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 08/01/2013
Series: Emerging Scholars
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 493 KB

About the Author

David P. Melvin is visiting assistant professor of biblical studies at Malone University, Canton, Ohio. This work is a revision of his dissertation at Baylor University under the direction of Joel Burnett.
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