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Address

• Theology Department, Marquette University, Coughlin Hall, 209                     
  P.O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-7649
• tel. (414) 288-6802          
• e-mail: andrei.orlov@marquette.edu
• webpage: http://www.andreiorlov.com
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Academics

Academic Degrees:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Marquette University, 2003. Religious Studies. Dissertation: From Patriarch to the Youth: The Metatron Tradition in 2 Enoch. Dissertation Director: Prof. Deirdre Dempsey
• Master of Divinity, Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX), 1997.
• Master of Arts, Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX), 1995. New Testament.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), 1990. Sociology.
• Master of Arts, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), 1986. Journalism. magna cum laude.

Academic Employment:

• Associate Professor. Marquette University, 2009-Present
• Assistant Professor. Marquette University, 2004-2009.
• Teaching Fellow. Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI), 2003-2004.
• John P. Raynor Fellow. Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI), 2002-2003.
• Teaching Assistant. Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI), 1998-2002.
• Adjunct Professor. Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX), 1993-1997.
• Research Assistant to the Dean. Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX), 1991-1997.
• Senior Research Fellow. Institute for Cultural Research (Moscow, Russia), 1990-1991.

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publications

Books:

• The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (TSAJ, 107; Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2005), pp. xii+383. $175.00. ISBN 3-16-148544-0.

  

  To view the table of contents, click here.
  To download 'Introduction' in .pdf format, click here. 
  
  Reviews:
  - Archivo Teologico Granadino 68 (2005) 321 (Jose Vilchez)
  - Internationale Zeitschriftenschau 51 (2004/05) 1402. 
  - New Testament Abstracts 50 (2006) 1.219.
  - Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses 86 (2006) 406-407 (Ch. Grappe) 
  - Zion 71 (2006) 404.
  - Salesianum 68 (2006) 596-597 (Rafael Vicent)
  - The Studia Philonica Annual 18 (2006) (Michael Stone)
  - The Expository Times 117 (2006) 344 (Kevin Sullivan)
  - Mystical Politics (Rebecca Lesses)
  - Vigiliae Christianae 60 (2006) 247-248 (Johannes van Oort)
  - Neotestamentica 40 (2006) 213-215 (Jonathan A. Draper)
  - Scrinium II (2006) 370-406 (Basil Lourie)
  - Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift  61 (2007) 69-70 (Pieter van der Horst)
  - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30 (2006) 183-184 (Lester Grabbe)
  - Journal of Biblical Literature  125.3 (2006) 587-592 (James E. Harding)
  - Journal of Hebrew Scriptures  6 (2006) (Eva Mroczek)
  - Recherches de Science Religieuse  95 (2007) 597-598 (Katell Berthelot)

• From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 114; Leiden: Brill, 2007), pp. xii+481. $207.00. ISBN 90-04-15439-6.

  

  To view the table of contents, click here.
  Reviews:
  - Journal of Jewish Studies 59.1 (2008) 140-143 (Michael Stone)
  - Journal of Theological Studies (2008) (Christopher Rowland)
  - Journal for the Study of Judaism  39 (2008) 88-145 (Kevin Sullivan)
  
  

 

Edited Volumes:

• The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism (Scrinium III; eds. B. Lourie and A. Orlov; St. Petersburg: Byzantinorossica, 2007).

 

 

 

•  L’église des deux Alliances: Mémorial Annie Jaubert (1912–1980) (Orientalia Judaica Christiana, 1; eds. Basil Lourié, Andrei Orlov, Madeleine Petit, Gorgias Press, 2009).

 

 

 

Articles:

• "Titles of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18 (1998) 71-86.
• "Melchizedek Legend of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch," Journal for the Study of Judaism 31 (2000) 23-38.
• "The Origin of the Name 'Metatron' and the Text of 2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 21 (2000) 19-26.
• "Secrets of Creation in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch," Henoch 22 (2000) 45-62.
• "'Noah's Younger Brother': The Anti-Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch," Henoch 22 (2000) 207-221.
• "Ex 33 on God's Face: A Lesson from the Enochic Tradition,"   Seminar Papers 39, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2000 (Atlanta: Scholars, 2000) 130-47.
• "'Two Tablets' Traditions from the Book of Giants to Palaea Historica," Journal for the Study of Judaism 32 (2001) 137-158.
• "Paradigms of the Transformational Vision in the Macarian Homilies," Vigiliae Christianae 55 (2001) 281-298 (with A. Golitzin)
• "The Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary in the Slavonic Ladder of Jacob," in:  Evans, Craig A. (ed.), Of Scribes and Sages (Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, 10; Library of Second Temple Studies, 51; London; New York: T &T Clark, 2004) 59 - 76.
• "Vested with Adam's Glory: Moses as the Luminous Counterpart of Adam in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Macarian Homilies" in: "Mémorial Annie Jaubert (1912—1980)," Xristianskij Vostok 4.10 (2002) 740-755.
• "The Flooded Arboretums: The Garden Traditions in the Slavonic Version of 3 Baruch and in the Book of Giants"  Catholic Biblical Quarterly  65 (2003) 184-201.
• "On the Polemical Nature of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch: A Reply to C. Bottrich," Journal for the Study of Judaism 34 (2003) 274-303.
• "Celestial Choirmaster: The Liturgical Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch and Merkabah Tradition," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 14.1 (2004) 3-29.
• "Noah's Younger Brother Revisited: Anti-Noachic Polemics and the Date of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch,"  Henoch 26 (2004) 172-187.
• "'Without Measure and Without Analogy:' Shiur Qomah Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch," Journal of Jewish Studies 56 (2005) 224-244.
• “’The Learned Savant Who Guards the Secrets of the Great Gods’: Evolution of the Roles and Titles of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in Mesopotamian and Enochic Traditions: Part I: Mesopotamian Traditions,” Scrinium I. Varia Aethiopica. In Memory of Sevir B. Chernetsov (1943-2005) (eds. B. Lourie et al.; St. Peterburg, 2005) 248-264.
• “’The Learned Savant Who Guards the Secrets of the Great Gods’: Evolution of the Roles and Titles of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in Mesopotamian and Enochic Traditions: Part II: Enochic Traditions,” Scrinium II. Universum Hagiographicum. Memorial R.P. Michel van Esbroeck, S.J. (1934-2003) (ed. B. Lourie; St. Peterburg, 2006) 165-213.
• "Resurrection of Adam's Body: The Redeeming Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch,"   From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (JSJSup., 114; Leiden: Brill, 2006) 231-236 .
• "God's Face in the Enochic Tradition," Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism (ed. A. De Conick; Symposium Series, 11; Atlanta: SBL/Leiden: Brill, 2006) 179-193.
• "Лицо как небесный двойник мистика в славянской 'Лествице Иакова,'" Волшебная Гора 11 (2006) 78-99.
• “The Heirs of the Enochic Lore: ‘Men of Faith’ in 2 Enoch 35:2 and Sefer Hekhalot 48D:10,” in: Old Testament Apocrypha in the Slavonic Tradition: Continuity and Diversity. (ed. L. DiTommaso and C. Böttrich, 2007) (forthcoming).
• "The Heir of Righteousness and the King of Righteousness: The Priestly Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch and the Epistle to the Hebrews," Journal of Theological Studies 58.1 (2007) 45-65.
• "Moses' Heavenly Counterpart in the Book of Jubilees and the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian," Biblica 88 (2007) 153-173.
• "Roles and Titles of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in the Book of the Similitudes: A Departure from the Traditional Pattern?" Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man: Revisiting the Book of Parables (ed. G. Boccaccini; Crand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007) 110-136.
• "Praxis of the Voice: The Divine Name Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham," Journal of Biblical Literature 127.1 (2008) 53-70.
• "'The Gods of My Father Terah’: Abraham the Iconoclast and the Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18.1 (2008) 33-53.
• “The Pillar of the World: The Eschatological Role of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch,” Henoch 30.1 (2008) 119-135.
• “In the Mirror of the Divine Face: The Enochic Features of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian,”  The Significance of Sinai: Traditions about Sinai and Divine Revelation in Judaism and Christianity (eds. G. Brooks, H. Najman, L. Stuckenbruck; Themes in Biblical Narrative, 13; Leiden: Brill, 2008) 183-199.  
• Entries: "Melchizedek," "Enoch," "Metatron," "2 Enoch," and "Slavonic Pseudepigrapha," for The Dictionary of Early Judaism (eds. J. J. Collins and D. Harlow; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007) (forthcoming).
   

Book Reviews:

• Review of Alexander Kulik's Retroverting Slavonic Pseudepigrapha: Toward the Original of the Apocalypse of Abraham (Text-Critical Studies, 3; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004) in: Review of Biblical Literature, May, 2005.
• Review of Hindy Najman's Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism (SJSJ, 77; Leiden: Brill, 2003) in: The Studia Philonica Annual 18 (2006).
• Review of Enoch and Qumran Origins: New Light on a Forgotten Connection (ed. G. Boccaccini; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005) in: Dead Sea Discoveries 14.2 (2006).

Internet Publications:

• Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism, originator, designer, webmaster. Launched April 2002. Original contents include collection of scholarly articles and extensive bibliographies.
• New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar,  originator, designer, webmaster. Launched March 2006. The official web page of the Society of Biblical Literature New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar.
• The Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Project, originator, designer, webmaster. Launched December 2006. Original contents include collection of scholarly articles and extensive bibliographies.

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Membership and Service in Learned Societies

Membership:

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Catholic Biblical Association of America
• Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
• The Enoch Seminar

Service:

• Co-Chair, New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar, Society of Biblical Literature
• Organizer and Chair of the Fifth Enoch Seminar: “Enoch, Adam, Melchisedek: Mediatorial Figures in 2 Enoch and Second Temple Judaism” (Naples, Italy 2009)
• Member of Steering Committee, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, Society of Biblical Literature
• Member of Steering Committee, Noncanonical Writings in Early Judaism and Christianity Section, Society of Biblical Literature
• Member of Steering Committee, New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar, Society of Biblical Literature

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Service in Scholarly Journals

• Henoch: Journal of Studies in Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple to Late Antiquity (Member of Advisory Board)
• Scrinium: Revue de patrologie, d’hagiographie critique et d’histoire ecclésiastique (Member of Editorial Board)

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Papers Read at Professional Meetings

• Paper: "Titles of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch," Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 24, 1996.
• Paper: "Ex 33 on God's Face: A Lesson from the Enochic Tradition," Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Nashville, November 20, 2000.
• Paper: "'Noah's Younger Brother': Anti-Noahic Polemics in 2 Enoch," Pseudepigrapha Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Nashville, November 21, 2000.
• Paper: "Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary in the Slavonic Ladder of Jacob," Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, November 2001.
• Paper: "From Patriarch to the "Youth": Angelic Veneration of Enoch and His Title "Youth" in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch," Pseudepigrapha Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Toronto, November 2002.
• Paper: "Resurrection of Adam's Body: The Redeeming Role of Enoch-Metatron in 2 Enoch 46 and Sefer Hekhalot 48C," Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 24, 2003.
• Paper: "The Heirs of the Enochic Lore: 'Men of Faith' in 2 Enoch 35:2 and Sefer Hekhalot 46D:10," Pseudepigrapha Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, November 2004.
• Paper: “Roles and Titles of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in the Book of the Similitudes: A Departure from the Traditional Pattern?” Third Enoch Seminar, Monastero di Camaldoli, Italy, June 7, 2005.
• Paper: “’You See the Extent of My Body’: The Shiur Qomah Tradition in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch,” Pseudepigrapha Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 20, 2005.
• Paper: " "The Heir of Righteousness and the King of Righteousness: The Priestly Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch and the Epistle to the Hebrews,"  The St. Andrews Conference on Hebrews & Theology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, July 18-22, 2006.
• Paper: "The Metatron Tradition in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch," The VIIIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies, Moscow, Russia, July 23-27, 2006.
• Paper: "In the Mirror of the Divine Face: The Enochic Features of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian" The Durham University Conference "Giving Torah at Sinai," Durham, England, July 4-6, 2007.
• Paper: "Moses' Heavenly Counterpart in the Book of Jubilees and the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian," The Fourth Enoch Seminar, Monastero di Camaldoli, Italy, July 8, 2007.
• Paper: "Apocalyptic Imagery in the Gospel of John 1:51," New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Washington, November 17, 2007.
• Paper: "Enoch and the Anthropos: Restoration of the Glory of Adam in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch," Philo of Alexandria Group, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Washington, November 18, 2007.
   

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Research

Research Interests:

• Christian Origins
• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
• Biblical and Post-Biblical Intertextuality
• Use of Jewish traditions in early Christianity
• Second Temple Judaism
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Pauline Literature
• Apocryphal Christian Literature
• Use the Old Testament in the New Testament
• Ancient Divine Mediators Figures and Christian Origins
• Early Jewish Mysticism (Merkabah mysticism and Hekhaloth literature)
• Enochic Traditions
• Adamic Traditions
• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha in Slavonic
• Apocalypse of Abraham
• Ladder of Jacob
• 2 (Slavonic) Enoch

 

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