Essays on the Book of Enoch and other early Jewish texts and traditions

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Essays on the Book of Enoch and other early Jewish texts and traditions

by Michael A. Knibb

(Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha, v. 22)

Brill, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-411) and index

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  • Essays on the Book of Enoch
  • Essays on early Jewish texts and traditions

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Description

This volume brings together twenty-one essays by Michael Knibb on the Book of Enoch and on other Early Jewish texts and traditions, which were originally published in a wide range of journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings and thematic collections. A number of the essays are concerned with the issues raised by the complex textual history and literary genesis of 1 Enoch, but the majority are concerned with the interpretation of specific texts or with themes such as messianism. The essays illustrate some of the dominant concerns of Michael Knibb's work, particularly the importance of the idea of exile; the way in which older texts regarded as authoritative were reinterpreted in later writings; and the connections between the apocalyptic writings and the sapiential literature.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I 1. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch in Recent Research 2. The Book of Enoch or Books of Enoch? The Textual Evidence for 1 Enoch 3. Christian Adoption and Transmission of Jewish Pseudepigrapha: The Case of 1 Enoch 4. Interpreting the Book of Enoch: Reflections on a Recently Published Commentary 5. The Book of Enoch in the Light of the Qumran Wisdom Literature 6. The Use of Scripture in 1 Enoch 17-19 7. The Structure and Composition of the Book of Parables 8. The Date of the Parables of Enoch: A Critical Review 9. The Translation of 1 Enoch 70.1: Some Methodological Issues 10. The Text-critical Value of the Quotations from 1 Enoch in Ethiopic writings Part II 11. The Exile in the Literature of the Intertestamental Period 12. Exile in the Damascus Document 13. Jubilees and the Origins of the Qumran Community. 14. Perspectives on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: The Levi Traditions 15. Apocalyptic and Wisdom in 4 Ezra 16. Isaianic Traditions in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 17. Messianism in the Pseudepigrapha in the Light of the Scrolls 18. Eschatology and Messianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls 19. The Septuagint and Messianism: Problems and Issues 20. Temple and Cult in Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphical Writings from before the Common Era 21. Temple and Cult in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: Future Perspectives Index of Passages Index of Names

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