Angels and the Pseudepigrapha: Is Pseudepigraphic Angelology Biblically Orthodox?

The biblically significant topic of angelology is often overlooked in the academic study of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Yet, supernatural beings are of great importance in the Bible. Celestial beings also play a pronounced role in those documents of unknown authorship that were produced amongst the Jewish community during the Old Testament period known as the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. In this volume, Dr. Maston considers every major passage that concerns angels in the Bible and then examines major passages of the Book of Enoch, The Book of Jubilees, and other important Pseudepigraphic works of the Old Testament period. The result of this extended study provides a basis to understand the biblical text and one of the most sensational aspects of extra-biblical Jewish writings of the intertestamental period.