1 Enoch 2

A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 37–82

by

George W. E. Nickelsburg and James C. VanderKam

Edited by

Klaus Baltzer

1 Enoch 2

A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch

Chapters 37–82

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Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data

Nickelsburg, George W. E., 1934–

1 Enoch: a commentary on the book of 1 Enoch / by George W. E. Nickelsburg.

p. cm.—(Hermeneia)

Includes the text of the Ethiopic book of Enoch in English translation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 1. Chapters 1–36, 81–108.

ISBN 0-8006-6074-9 (alk. paper)

1. Ethiopic book of Enoch—Commentaries. I. Title: First Enoch. II. Title: Vol. 1 has title: 1 Enoch 1. III. Ethiopic book of Enoch. English. IV Title. V Hermeneia—a critical and historical commentary on the Bible.

BS1830.E7 N53 2001

229′.913—dc21

2001041326

■ To Marilyn and Mary

Contents 1 Enoch 2

Foreword

Preface

Reference Codes

1. Sources and Abbreviations

2. Short Titles

3. Sigla Relating to the Translation and Its Textual Base

Endpapers

Chapters 37–71

The Book of Parables

Preface

■ Introduction

0.0. Prolegomena

0.1. Literary Approach and Historical Dimensions

0.2. Translation and Textual Base

0.3. Some Hermeneutical and Theological Observations

1.0. Title

2.0. A Short Account of the Book

3.0. Literary Aspects of the Parables

3.1. The Genre and Structure of the Parables

3.1.1. Three Parables

3.1.2. Superscription and Introduction (chap. 37)

3.1.3. The First Parable (chaps. 38–44)

3.1.4. The Second Parable (chaps. 45–57)

3.1.5. The Third Parable (chaps 58–69)

3.1.6. The Ending of the Book of Parables (chaps. 70–71)

3.1.7. Reconstructing the Early Shape of the Book of Parables

3.1.8. The Noachic Redaction of the Book of Parables

3.2. Literary Microstructures in the Parables: Forms and Devices

3.2.1. Introductions

3.2.2. Anticipatory Allusions

3.2.3. The Vision and the Visions

3.2.3.1. Visions with Angelic Interpretations

3.2.3.2. Uninterpreted Visions

3.2.4. Descriptive Predictions of Future Events

3.2.5. Liturgical Fragments and Motifs

3.2.6. Poetry in the Parables

3.2.6.1. Parallelism and Prosodic Structure

3.2.6.2. Other Literary Devices

3.3. Languages of ...