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Title The early Enoch literature / edited by Gabriele Boccaccini and John J. Collins.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 367 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 121
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 121.
Note "At the Venice meeting in 2003, a group of participants ... decided to plan an additional collection of essays on 'The Early Enoch Literature.' The intent was to summarize and intensify the results of the first two Enoch Seminars."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Contents; Introduction: The Contemporary Renaissance of Enoch Studies and the Enoch Seminar --- Gabriele Boccaccini; Mapping Second Temple Judaism --- James C. VanderKam; The Book of Enoch or Books of Enoch? The Textual Evidence for 1 Enoch --- Michael A. Knibb; The Early Traditions Related to 1 Enoch from the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Overview and Assessment --- Loren T. Stuckenbruck; The Place of the Torah in the Early Enoch Literature --- Andreas Bedenbender; Enochic Wisdom and Its Relationship to the Mosaic Torah --- George W.E. Nickelsburg.
Measuring Time among the Jews: The Zadokite Priesthood, Enochism, and the Lay Tendencies of the Maccabean Period --- Paolo SacchiThe Astral Laws as the Basis of Time, Universal History, and the Eschatological Turn in the Astronomical Book and the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch --- Klaus Koch; Cosmic Laws and Cosmic Imbalance: Wisdom, Myth and Apocalyptic in Early Enochic Writings --- Helge S. Kvanvig; 1 Enoch and Ben Sira: Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Relat.
Summary There has been a lively debate about the early Enoch literature and its place in Judaism. This title intends to represent that debate, by juxtaposing pairs of articles on key issues like the textual evidence.
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Subject Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Ethiopic book of Enoch.
Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Ethiopic book of Enoch.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Boccaccini, Gabriele, 1958-
Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946-
Other Form: Print version: Early Enoch literature. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2007 9789004161542 (DLC) 2007031597 (OCoLC)166317475
ISBN 9789047421764 (electronic book)
9047421760 (electronic book)
9004161546 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789004161542 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789004161542 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004161542.i-368