Harvard Theological Review articles from April 2005

Harvard Theological Review archives from April 2005

"Seal of resemblance, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty": the Enoch/Metatron Narrative of 3 Enoch and Ezekiel 28.
April 1, 2005... * Introduction One of the most intriguing narratives in the Hekhalot and Merkavah (HM) literature is the account of Enoch/Metatron, included in an elaborated form in 3 Enoch. (1) This version, attributed to the fifth or sixth century...

The sin of sloth or the illness of the demons? The demon of acedia in early Christian monasticism *.
April 1, 2005... The demon of acedia holds an important place in early monastic demonology and psychology. Evagrius of Pontus (ca. 345-399), for example, characterizes it as "the most troublesome of all" of the eight genera of demonic thoughts ([TEXT NOT...

Anicius Auchenius Bassus, African Red Slip ware, and the church *.
April 1, 2005... * The Object Some years ago a rectangular ceramic panel appeared at auction in London and made its way to Boston (fig. 1). (1) The object was purchased by Cornelius C. Vermeule III, who placed it on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts in...

Simone Weil's "Human Personality": between the personal and the impersonal.
April 1, 2005... To Harry Norton Simone Weil's essay "La personne et le sacre," known in English as "Human Personality," is a remarkable piece of philosophy that has not, I think, received as much attention as it deserves among analytic philosophers. And...

Beyond the personal: Weil's critique of Maritain.(Simone Weil; Jacques Maritain )
April 1, 2005... Jacques Maritain and Simone Weil never met, and only once exchanged letters. Maritain never cites Weil; she, on the other hand, cites him explicitly in at least three places, but disparagingly. Despite their limited contact, which may have...

God as consuming fire.(Notes and Observations)
April 1, 2005... Three times in Scripture, God is explicitly called a "consuming fire" (Deut 4:24; 9:3; Heb 12:29). (1) A few other times he is compared to a "consuming fire" (Exod 24:17; Isa 30:27, 30; 33:14[?]). The church lathers often quote or allude to...

Books received.
April 1, 2005... Ackerman, Susan. When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. 353 pp. $45.00 hb. Ahearn, David Oki, and Peter R. Gathje, eds. Doing Right and Being Good:...