Leaving behind the old redactional-stages approach (that has tempted many scholars through today), we are really forced to think about what “Jewish” and “Christian” should mean as identity or boundary-categories in the world of this text.And:
So to me, the really valuable features of this text are its docetic christology and its Jewish apocalyptic form and details; also, its evidence of a prophetic—or, better, shamanic—milieu; and in all these features its religious sympathies with the Book of Revelation.This is fifth essay in a BRANE Forum series on the Ascension of Isaiah. For notice of the first three, see here and links.
Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.
