Transcendent Beings in the Literature of Second Temple Judaism
This thesis examines the representation of transcendent beings in the Jewish literature of the Second Temple period, with special attention to 1 Enoch and the Book of Jubilees. Its aim is to explore how ideas about angels, fallen beings, demons, and heavenly mediators developed in connection with the historical, religious, and cultural changes of the period. Using religio-historical, text-critical, and comparative methods, the study analyzes Babylonian, Persian, and Hellenistic influences, as well as the figures of the Watchers, Asael, and Mastema.