Andrei A. Orlov (M / Russia, United States, 1960), scholar

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Andrei A. Orlov

Andrei A. Orlov (b.1960) is a Russian-born American scholar, at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI), USA. PhD (1990) in Sociology at the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow. PhD in Religious Studies (2003) at Marquette University. Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at the Theology Department of Marquette University. Member of the Enoch Seminar.

Entries in 4 Enoch: 2 Enoch.

Works

Books

• The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (2005 Orlov), book

• From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism (2007 Orlov), book

• Selected Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2009 Orlov), book

• Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2009 Orlov), book

• Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (2011 Orlov), book

• Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (2013 Orlov), book

• Resurrection of the Fallen Adam: Ascension, Transfiguration, and Deification of the Righteous in Early Jewish Mysticism (2014 Orlov), book

• Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism (2015 Orlov), book

• The Atoning Dyad: The Two Goats of Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham (2016 Orlov), book

• Yahoel and Metatron: Aural Apocalypticism and the Origins of Early Jewish Mysticism (2017 Orlov), book

• The Greatest Mirror: Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha (2017 Orlov), book

• Embodiment of Divine Knowledge in Early Judaism (2021 Orlov), book

Edited volumes

• L’église des deux Alliances: Mémorial Annie Jaubert (1912–1980) (eds. B. Lourié, A. Orlov, M. Petit; 2nd edition; Orientalia Judaica Christiana, 1; Gorgias, 2008)

• The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism (Scrinium III; eds. B. Lourie and A. Orlov; Gorgias Press, 2009)

• Symbola Caelestis: Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde chrétien (Scrinium V; eds. A. Orlov and B. Lourie, Gorgias Press, 2009)

• With Letters of Light: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic and Mysticism (Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, 2 ; eds. Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov, De Gruyter, 2010)

• New Perspectives on 2 Enoch: No Longer Slavonic Only (2012 Orlov, Boccaccini), edited volume

Articles

• Titles of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18 (1998) 71-86
• Melchizedek Legend of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal for the Study of Judaism 31 (2000) 23-38
• The Origin of the Name 'Metatron' and the Text of 2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 21 (2000) 19-26
• Secrets of Creation in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Henoch 22 (2000) 45-62
• 'Noah's Younger Brother': The Anti-Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Henoch 22 (2000) 207-221
• Ex 33 on God's Face: A Lesson from the Enochic Tradition / Andrei A. Orlov / Seminar Papers 39, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2000 (Atlanta: Scholars, 2000) 130-47
• 'Two Tablets' Traditions from the Book of Giants to Palaea Historica / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal for the Study of Judaism 32 (2001) 137-158
• Paradigms of the Transformational Vision in the Macarian Homilies / Andrei A. Orlov / Vigiliae Christianae 55 (2001) 281-298 (with A. Golitzin)
• The Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary in the Slavonic Ladder of Jacob / Andrei A. Orlov / in: Evans, Craig A. (ed.), Of Scribes and Sages (Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, 10; Library of Second Temple Studies, 51; London; New York: T &T Clark, 2004) 59-76
• Vested with Adam's Glory: Moses as the Luminous Counterpart of Adam in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Macarian Homilies / Andrei A. Orlov / in: "Mémorial Annie Jaubert (1912—1980)," Xristianskij Vostok 4.10 (2002) 740-755
• The Flooded Arboretums: The Garden Traditions in the Slavonic Version of 3 Baruch and in the Book of Giants / Andrei A. Orlov / Catholic Biblical Quarterly 65 (2003) 184-201]
• "On the Polemical Nature of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch: A Reply to C. Bottrich / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal for the Study of Judaism 34 (2003) 274-303
• Celestial Choirmaster: The Liturgical Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch and Merkabah Tradition / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 14.1 (2004) 3-29
• Noah's Younger Brother Revisited: Anti-Noachic Polemics and the Date of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Henoch 26 (2004) 172-187
• "'Without Measure and Without Analogy:' Shiur Qomah Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal of Jewish Studies 56 (2005) 224-244
• "Resurrection of Adam's Body: The Redeeming Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch / Andrei A. Orlov / From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (JSJSup., 114; Leiden: Brill, 2006) 231-236
• The Heirs of the Enochic Lore: ‘Men of Faith’ in 2 Enoch 35:2 and Sefer Hekhalot 48D:10 / Andrei A. Orlov / in The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism (Scrinium III; eds. B. Lourié and A. Orlov; St. Petersburg: Byzantinorossica, 2007) 451-463
• The Heir of Righteousness and the King of Righteousness: The Priestly Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch and the Epistle to the Hebrews / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal of Theological Studies 58.1 (2007) 45-65
• Moses' Heavenly Counterpart in the Book of Jubilees and the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian / Andrei A. Orlov / Biblica 88 (2007) 153-173
• Roles and Titles of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in the Book of the Similitudes: A Departure from the Traditional Pattern? / Andrei A. Orlov / in Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man (2007 Boccaccini), edited volume / pp. 110-136
• Praxis of the Voice: The Divine Name Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham / Andrei A. Orlov / Journal of Biblical Literature 127.1 (2008) 53-70
• "'The Gods of My Father Terah’: Abraham the Iconoclast and the Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18.1 (2008) 33-53
• “The Pillar of the World: The Eschatological Role of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch,” Henoch 30.1 (2008) 119-135
• “In the Mirror of the Divine Face: The Enochic Features of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian,” The Significance of Sinai: Traditions about Sinai and Divine Revelation in Judaism and Christianity (eds. G. Brooks, H. Najman, L. Stuckenbruck; Themes in Biblical Narrative, 13; Leiden: Brill, 2008) 183-199
• "The Pteromorphic Angelology of the Apocalypse of Abraham," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2009) 830-842
• “Arboreal Metaphors and Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham,” Harvard Theological Review 102 (2009) 439-451
• “The Eschatological Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham: Part I: The Scapegoat Ritual,” in: Symbola Caelestis. Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde Chrétien (Scrinium, 5; eds. A. Orlov and B. Lourié; Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2009) 79-111
• “'The Likeness of Heaven': Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham," in: With Letters of Light: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic and Mysticism (eds. D. Arbel and A. Orlov; Berlin; N.Y.: de Gryeter, 2010) (forthcoming)

Websites

• The Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Project
• Resources on 2 Enoch
• Resources on the Apocalypse of Abraham
• The Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism

External links

• Andrei Orlov's Website
• Andrei Orlov's Faculty Profile
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