Andrei A. Orlov is an American professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, by John Henni, the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Ar ...

. He "is a specialist in Jewish Apocalypticism and

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Second Temple Judaism Second Temple Judaism is the Judaism, Jewish religion as it developed during the Second Temple period, which began with the construction of the Second Temple around 516 BCE and ended with the Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), destruction of Jerusalem in ...

, and Old Testament

Pseudepigrapha A pseudepigraph (also :wikt:anglicized, anglicized as "pseudepigraphon") is a false attribution, falsely attributed work, a text whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past. Th ...

. Within the field of Second Temple Jewish

apocalyptic literature Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed in post- Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians. '' Apocalypse'' () is a Greek word meaning "revelation", "an unveiling or unfolding o ...

, Orlov is considered among the leading experts in the field of Slavonic texts related to

Jewish mysticism Academic study of Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem's ''Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism'' (1941), draws distinctions between different forms of mysticism which were practiced in different eras of Jewish history. Of these, Kabbal ...

and Enochic traditions." He "has established himself as a significant voice in the study of Second Temple Jewish traditions, especially those associated with

2 Enoch The Second Book of Enoch (abbreviated as 2 Enoch and also known as Slavonic Enoch, Slavic Enoch, or the Secrets of Enoch) is a pseudepigraphic text in the apocalyptic genre. It describes the ascent of the patriarch Enoch, ancestor of Noah, throug ...

and other Slavonic

." Orlov is a veteran of the Enoch seminar and a member of the Advisory Board of the journal '' Henoch''.

Publications

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Books

* ''The Enoch-Metatron Tradition'' (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 107; Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2005) . * ''From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha'' (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 114; Leiden: Brill, 2007) . * ''Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha'' (Orientalia Judaica Christiana, 2; Gorgias, 2009) . * ''Selected Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha'' (Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, 23; Leiden: Brill, 2009) . * ''Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology'' (New York: SUNY Press, 2011) . * ''Потаенные Книги: Иудейская Мистика в Славянских Апокрифах (Concealed Writings: Jewish Mysticism in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha)'' (Flaviana; Moscow: Gesharim, 2011)

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. * ''The Atoning Dyad: The Two Goats of Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham'' (Studia Judaeoslavica, 8; Leiden: Brill, 2016) . * ''Likeness of Heaven: Azazel, Satanael, and Leviathan in Jewish Apocalypticism'' (Moscow: Lechaim, 2016)

. * ''Yahoel and Metatron: Aural Apocalypticism and the Origins of Early Jewish Mysticism'' (TSAJ; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017) . * ''The Greatest Mirror: Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha'' (Albany: SUNY, 2017) .

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, 2009) . * ''Symbola Caelestis: Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde chrétien'' (Scrinium V; eds. A. Orlov and B. Lourie, Gorgias, 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'' (eds. A. Orlov, G. Boccaccini, J. Zurawski; Studia Judaeoslavica, 4; Leiden: Brill, 2012) . * ''Ars Christiana. In Memoriam of Michail E. Murianov, Part I'' (Scrinium VII; eds. R. Krivko, B. Lourié, A. Orlov; Gorgias, 2012) . * ''Ars Christiana. In Memoriam of Michail E. Murianov, Part II'' (Scrinium VIII; eds. R. Krivko, B. Lourié, A. Orlov; Gorgias, 2012) . * ''Divine Mediators: Jewish Roots of Early Christology '' (eds. T. Garcia-Huidobro and A. Orlov; Moscow: St. Thomas Institute, 2016)

External links

Faculty profile

Enoch Seminar profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orlov, Andrei A. Pseudepigraphy American historians of religion American theologians American religion academics Living people Marquette University faculty Year of birth missing (living people)