Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
Pages: 430
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-9787-0546-3 • Hardback • May 2021 • $137.00 • (£105.00)
978-1-9787-0547-0 • eBook • May 2021 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
James M. Scott is professor of religious studies at Trinity Western University.
1. Paronomasia in the Dream-Vision of the Animal Apocalypse with a Focus on 1 Enoch 85:3 and 90:37–38
2. A Comparison of 1 Enoch with Early Stoicism
3. Paul and the Enochic Heritage: Methodological Considerations
4. The Apocalyptic Letter to the Galatians: Form and Structure
In this extraordinary monograph, James M. Scott puts both Paul’s letter to the Galatians and the Epistle of Enoch (in 1 En., most of chs. 91–105) on a new footing. Although Scott is aware that the title for the description of the latter as an “epistle” or as a “letter” could be disputed, his bold point de départ consists in an argument that it can be taken seriously as euergetic communication. While Scott’s contributions in the present study are many, a main accomplishment consists in his reconstruction of a culturally hybrid Paul, whose confident pronouncements and vision for the future can be explained on profound terms that provide a religious-cultural infrastructure and underpinning to his claim to be an apostle (Gal 1:1) who presents himself in prophetic terms (1:15).
— Loren T. Stuckenbruck