of Deut 34:6 reads: καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν οὐδεὶς τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ ἔως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης “and no one knows the place of his burial to this day.” Josephus (Antiq. ix.24), referring to the departure of Elijah, echoes this with the statement: καὶ οὐδεὶς ἔγνω μέχρι τῆς σήμερον αὐτοῦ τὴν τελευτήν “and no one even today knows his end.” Later, he links the departure of Enoch with that of Elijah, and unconsciously with that of Moses, by stating: θάνατον δʹαὐτῶν οὐδεὶς οἶδεν “the