Andrei Orlov
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Andrei A. Orlov is an Associate Professor of Christian Origins at Marquette University
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

, USA. He is a specialist in Jewish Apocalypticism
Apocalypticism
Apocalypticism is the religious belief that there will be an apocalypse, a term which originally referred to a revelation of God's will, but now usually refers to belief that the world will come to an end time very soon, even within one's own lifetime...

 and Mysticism
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

, Second Temple Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 and Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Orlov is a veteran of the Enoch seminar
Enoch seminar
The Enoch Seminar is an academic group of international specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins who share information about their work in the field and biennially meet to discuss topics of common interest...

 and a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal Henoch
Journal Henoch
Henoch: Studies in Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple to Late Antiquity is an academic journal established in 1979 by Paolo Sacchi that covers research on Second Temple Judaism in the period following the Babylonian exile, and the interactions between formative Judaism and formative...

.

Books

  • The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 107; Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2005) ISBN 3-16-148544-0.
  • From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 114; Leiden: Brill, 2007) ISBN 90-04-15439-6.
  • Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (Orientalia Judaica Christiana, 2; Gorgias, 2009) ISBN 1-60724-407-1.
  • Selected Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, 23; Leiden: Brill, 2009) ISBN 90-04-17879-1.
  • Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (New York: SUNY Press, 2011) ISBN 978-1-4384-3951-8.

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) ISBN 1-59333-083-9.
  • The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism (Scrinium III; eds. B. Lourie and A. Orlov; Gorgias, 2009) ISBN 1-60724-083-1.
  • Symbola Caelestis: Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde chrétien (Scrinium V; eds. A. Orlov and B. Lourie, Gorgias, 2009) ISBN 978-1-60724-665-7.
  • 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) ISBN 978-3-11-022201-2.

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