Essays on the Book of Enoch and Other Early Jewish Texts and Traditions
Biographical note
Michael Knibb is Samuel Davidson Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies, King's College London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has published widely in the fields of Early Jewish Studies and of Ethiopic Studies.
Readership
Academic libraries, specialists and students interested in the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, the Pseudepigrapha and the Dead Sea Scrolls, in the interpretation of Early Jewish texts, in messianism, and in the temple
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
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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