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1 Enoch 1: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 1–36; 81–108 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The first exhaustive commentary on this work since 1773! This volume represents the culmination of three decades’ work on the Book of 1 Enoch for author George W.E. Nickelsburg. He provides detailed commentary on each passage in chapters 1–36 and 81–108, and an introduction to the full work. The introduction includes sections on overviews of each of the smaller collections, texts and manuscripts,...

punishment described in 10:6, 13. The special mention of this judgment of the stars underscores the importance of the events described in chaps. 86–88. The second group to be judged and condemned are the seventy shepherds. Different from the rebel watchers, who were brought to the Judge by the seven angels who previously interacted with them, the seventy are brought to the Judge by the angelic scribe who recorded their deeds (89:62–64, 68–71, 76–77; 90:14–70) rather than by all seven “white ones,”
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