5. The Son of Man–Enoch in the Similitudes of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: One God? 1
4. Part I. Second Temple Judaism
5. 1. The Son of Man in the Vision of Daniel 17
6. 2. The Personified Wisdom in the Wisdom Literature 25
7. 3. The Divinized Human in the Self-Glorification Hymn from Qumran 33
8. 4. The Son of God and Son of the Most High in the Daniel Apocryphon from Qumran 38
9. 5. The Son of Man–Enoch in the Similitudes of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch 45
10. 6. The Son of Man–Messiah in the Fourth Book of Ezra 54
11. 7. The Firstborn in the Prayer of Joseph 59
12. 8. The Logos according to Philo of Alexandria 62
13. Transition: From Pre-Christian to Post-Christian Judaism 65
14. Part II. Rabbinic Judaism and Early Jewish Mysticism
15. 9. The Son of Man in the Midrash 69
16. 10. The Son of Man–Messiah David 81
17. 11. From the Human Enoch to the Lesser God Metatron 99
18. Conclusion: Two Gods 134
19. Abbreviations 139
20. Notes 141
21. Bibliography 165
22. Index 173