Title: Enoch-metatron Tradition (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism) (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism)
Description: "Andrei 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." --Book Jacket.
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, Hekhalot literature, History and criticism, Angels, Judaism, Slavonic book of Enoch, Judaism, history