Andrei A. Orlov

The Enoch-Metatron Tradition

[Die Enoch-Metatron Tradition.]
2005. XII, 383 pages.
DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-158687-3
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Summary
Andrei A. Orlov examines the tradition about the seventh antediluvian patriarch Enoch, tracing its development from its roots in the Mesopotamian lore to the Second Temple apocalyptic texts and later rabbinic and Hekhalot materials where Enoch is often identified as the supreme angel Metatron.

Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism (TSAJ)