book reviews 261 Loren T. Stuckenbruck The Myth of Rebellious Angels: Studies in Second Temple Judaism and New Testament Texts. WUNT I.335. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014. Hardcover. Pp xxi + 427. € 149.00. ISBN 978-3-16-153024-1. This volume comprises fourteen insightful and important essays by Loren Stuckenbruck, a senior scholar of Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament who teaches at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. All but one of them (Chapter Eight) have been previously published. They have been updated, particularly with regard to the footnotes. The name of each chapter does not always correspond exactly to the previous publication upon which it is based. The collection of these articles into a single volume testifies to their scholarly value and significance. This is particularly the case with regard to 1 Enoch, the Qumran Book of Giants, and Enochic traditions in general, an overarching concern in Stuckenbruck’s scholarship. Several major studies of his on these topics are in this volume, including “Origins of Evil in Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition: The Interpretation of Genesis 6:1–4 in the Second and Third Centuries B.C.E” (Chapter One) and “Giant Mythology and Demonology: From the Ancient Near East to the Dead Sea Scrolls” (Chapter Two). Other articles in this volume on Enochic topics include Chapter Three (“The Lamech Narrative in the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen) and 1 Enoch 106–07: A Tradition-Historical Study of Two Ancient Accounts about Noah’s Birth”), Chapter Five (“Early Enochic and Daniel Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls”), and Chapter Seven (“To What Extent did Philo’s Treatment of Enoch and the Giants Presuppose Knowledge of Enochic and Other Sources Preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls?”). Other articles that engage Second Temple topics are Chapter Four (“Demonic Beings and the Dead Sea Scrolls”) and Chapter Six (“The Book of Tobit and the Problem of ‘Magic’ ”). Chapters Eight through Fourteen focus on the New Testament. A recurring theme in these essays is how texts and themes in the New Testament can be better understood by re-assessing how they appropriate and reinterpret scriptural and Second Temple Jewish traditions, which are now better understood because of the Dead Sea Scrolls. These essays are “Conflicting Stories: The Spirit Origin of Jesus’ Birth” (Chapter Eight); “The Human Being and Demonic Invasion: Therapeutic Models in Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts” (Chapter Nine); “The Need for Protection from the Evil One and John’s Gospel” (Chapter Ten); “The ‘Cleansing’ of the Gentiles: Background for the Rationale behind the Apostles’ Decree” (Chapter Eleven); “Posturing ‘Apocalyptic’ in Pauline Theology: How Much Contrast to Jewish Tradition?” © koninklijke brill nv, leiden, ���6 | doi 10.1163/15685179-12341402 262 book reviews (Chapter Twelve); “Why Should Women Cover Their Heads Because of the Angels? (1 Corinthians 11:10)” (Chapter Thirteen); “The Apocalypse of John, 1 Enoch, and the Question of Influence” (with Mark D. Mathews; Chapter Fourteen). While these essays (especially Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen) contribute to scholarly reflection on the adaptation of Enochic tradition in the New Testament, the main New Testament texts that clearly appropriate Enochic tradition (1 Pet 3:18–22; 2 Pet 2:4–5; Jude 6 and 14–15) are not sustained topics of exposition in this volume. The assemblage of these essays from disparate sources into one book helps set the stage for future research on a range of issues that are of pressing concern in current scholarship on ancient Judaism and the earliest texts of Christianity. These include but are not limited to apocalypticism, the rebellious angels of Enochic traditions, their sons the giants, and the correlate issues of demonology and the broader question of evil. This volume is a welcome publication that will enrich scholarship in various arenas of the field of biblical studies. Matthew Goff Florida State University Dead Sea Discoveries 23 (2016) 233–264