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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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INTRODUCTION<br />

fol. 9 recto col. i Deus despicit super te (et) vidit te quia tu electus (es)<br />

et es remotus ab omni malo. Ait (masc.) quia [. .. Ait]<br />

col. 2 quia: Nonne {OVKOW) [Dominus?] assumet (dvaXafipdvecv) hominem<br />

ad caelum in eius corpore (acS/xa) nisi (CCJLCTJTC) me. Ait (fern.) ei quia . . .<br />

Dominus • . .<br />

verso t, col. i feret duos sursum ad [caelum] in eorum corpore (craijita) unum<br />

Eliam et alterum Ta[bi]tham . . . loco in quo . . .<br />

col. 2 nisi (elfjLijTc) efformare (TrAdcroretv) alium hominem sicut nostrum patrem<br />

Adam et habitet terram. Ait (fern.) ei: Mathusala(?) fructus (Kapiros) (est)<br />

qui exibit ex [te . . .<br />

fol. 7 recto f (marked tS", first leaf <strong>of</strong> quire 14 or p. 14 or else p. 104, /oS'),<br />

col. I. . . peccat pusillanimitate et iniquitate; non scribes eorum peccata in<br />

eos cito (raxv), sed (dAAd) pones calamum super calamarium (/caAa/xd/otov)...<br />

col. 2 . . . delebis eum iterum^ Ait <strong>Enoch</strong> ei (fem.): Nonne (OVKOW) Deus<br />

[dedit] angelum (dyyeXos) in caelo et posuit [eum . . .<br />

verso col. i. . . prius scribe peccata et bona (dyadov) filiorum hominum;<br />

gra[tifi]cabitur (xapl^eiv) tibi angelus (dyyeXos) misericordi[ae . . .<br />

col. 2 peccata et fert bona (dyaOov) [et] ponit ea alibi; si videt peccata trahentia<br />

plus quam (rrapd) bona (dya^dv) fert suam virgam (pd^Sos) quae (est)<br />

in eius manu dextera et p[oni]t eam super . . .<br />

fol. I recto f, col. i . . . ar[chan]gelum (dpxdyyeXos) [p]osuit eum super<br />

stat[er]as iusti[ti]ae (hiKaioavvrj), at[tu]lit alios ange[lo]s (dyyeXos) fortes . . .<br />

igneos. . .<br />

col. 2 . . . [id] est nomen filii Dei sedentis ad dexteram patris sui; prostravit<br />

se ad (Jit. super) pedes Patris sui dicens: O Pater mi noli . . .<br />

verso col. i . . . tremere si videbit eos in eorum iniquitatibus omnibus<br />

quas facere solent; scribat eas statim et tua imago (et/caiv)^ tota abibit in<br />

perditionem, [se]d (dAAd) quaere . . .<br />

col. 2 . . . eius potentia . . .<br />

a-a Understand: *and the angels <strong>of</strong> God love him'?<br />

t> My addition, uncertain.<br />

c According to Jub. 4: 25-6 <strong>Enoch</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers the sacrifice on the mountain in the East, the<br />

mountain <strong>of</strong> Paradise, according to late Christian apocrypha (e.g. <strong>Cave</strong> <strong>of</strong> Treasures, 5: 15,<br />

18, 27; 6: 21, 32; 7: 3; etc.) Adam and then the Sethites dwell on a sacred mountain<br />

situated near the lost Paradise.

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