Andrei Orlov Explained

Andrei A. Orlov is an American professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. He "is a specialist in Jewish Apocalypticism and Mysticism, Second Temple Judaism, and Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Within the field of Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic literature, Orlov is considered among the leading experts in the field of Slavonic texts related to Jewish mysticism and Enochic traditions."^[1] He "has established himself as a significant voice in the study of Second Temple Jewish traditions, especially those associated with 2 Enoch and other Slavonic Pseudepigrapha."^[2] Orlov is a veteran of the Enoch seminar and a member of the Advisory Board of the journal Henoch.^[3]

Publications

A full list of publications can be found on the subjects' website.

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) [in Russian] The ISBN printed in the document (978-5-93273-340-3) is bad; it causes a checksum error.
• Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) .
• Resurrection of the Fallen Adam: Ascension, Transfiguration, and Deification of the Righteous in Early Jewish Mysticism (Moscow: RSUH, 2014) .
• Divine Scapegoats: Demonic Mimesis in Early Jewish Mysticism (Albany: SUNY, 2015) .
• Воскрешение Ветхого Адама: Вознесение, преображение и обожение праведника в ранней иудейской мистике. Второе Расширенное и Дополненное Издание (Symbol, 66; Moscow: Institute of St. Thomas, 2015) [in Russian] .
• 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) [in Russian] .
• 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) [in Russian] .

External links

• Faculty profile
• Enoch Seminar profile

Notes and References

1. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35007 A. Wright's review of Orlov's book "Dark Mirrors"
2. Web site: C. Gieschen's review of Orlov's book "Dark Mirrors" . 2013-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132754/http://www.enochseminar.org//drupal/node/8527 . 2015-04-02 . dead .
3. Web site: Henoch: Studies in Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple to Late Antiquity . 2013-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093046/http://www.morcelliana.it/eng/MENU/Journals/Henoch/ . 2015-04-02 . dead .