The Divine Council In Late Canonical And Non Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature by Michael S. Heiser
A focused scholarly study tracing the motif of a heavenly assembly of divine beings across late-canonical and noncanonical Second Temple Jewish texts, arguing that many Jewish writings preserved an ancient Near Eastern image of a supreme deity presiding over a council of subordinate gods or angels. It surveys evidence from biblical books, apocrypha, pseudepigrapha and Dead Sea Scrolls, uses linguistic and comparative methods to show how this council concept shaped theological developments and reinterpretations of divine hierarchy, and considers its implications for understanding the transition from ancient polytheistic frameworks to later monotheistic theology.
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