{"product_id":"9781438455846","title":"Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism","description":"\u003ci\u003eExplores the paradoxical symmetry between the divine and demonic in early Jewish mystical texts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDivine Scapegoats\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging exploration of the parallels between the heavenly and the demonic in early Jewish apocalyptical accounts. In these materials, antagonists often mirror features of angelic figures, and even those of the Deity himself, an inverse correspondence that implies a belief that the demonic realm is maintained by imitating divine reality. Andrei A. Orlov examines the sacerdotal, messianic, and creational aspects of this mimetic imagery, focusing primarily on two texts from the Slavonic pseudepigrapha: \u003ci\u003e2 Enoch\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Abraham\u003c\/i\u003e. These two works are part of a very special cluster of Jewish apocalyptic texts that exhibit features not only of the apocalyptic worldview but also of the symbolic universe of early Jewish mysticism. The Yom Kippur ritual in the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Abraham\u003c\/i\u003e, the divine light and darkness of \u003ci\u003e2 Enoch\u003c\/i\u003e, and the similarity of mimetic motifs to later developments in the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e are of particular importance in Orlov’s consideration.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154736562416,"sku":"9781438455846","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438455846_p0.jpg?v=1763756388","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438455846","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}