Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in the Early Enoch Literature, the Aramaic Levi Document, and the Book of Jubilees
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Overview
In Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality, William Loader first discusses the early Enoch literature relevant to the theme, and then examines the fragmentary Aramaic Levi Document as a whole. He finally considers Jubilees as a cumulative work, building on both the Enoch tradition and the instruction of Levi, and reveals a range of devices warning against sexual depravity. Loader’s aim throughout is to interpret the works from within, examining literary form, context, sequence, and tradition and redaction, reflecting engagement with current research in this area.
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- Discusses early Enoch literature
- Reveals a range of devices warning against sexual depravity
- Aims to interpret Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees from within
- Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Early Enoch Literature
- Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Aramaic Levi Document
- Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Book of Jubilees
Loader’s monograph provides a significant and positive contribution to contemporary study of the Book of Jubilees. His focus on the role of sexuality in the thought-world of Jubilees synthesizes many important studies of Jubilees. He models the value of sustained attention to the vocabulary of sexuality—in Ethiopic, Latin, and Hebrew—and translation patterns, but also charts the sustained and often surprising aspects of sexuality in a number of key narratives . . .
—John C. Endres, professor of sacred Scripture (Old Testament), Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
William Loader is professor emeritus of New Testament at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. In 2010, he completed a five-year Australian Research Council professional fellowship project: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman Era. Loader is the author of numerous books, including Sexuality in the New Testament: Understanding the Key Texts.