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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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144 THE BOOKS OF ENOCH EnM i<br />

this passage in the Book <strong>of</strong> Mysteries <strong>of</strong> the Heaven and <strong>of</strong> the Earth (see above, p. 86) retains<br />

*the word' preserved, in the plural, by C: Henok walda Ydred zvasamd'a nagara maWikt<br />

{wakamazi mahariwo maWSkt\ '<strong>Enoch</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Jared, and he heard the word <strong>of</strong> the angels (and<br />

thus the angels taught him)', PO i, i, p. 30, 3-4.<br />

<strong>The</strong> term dyioyv, *<strong>of</strong> the holy ones', abbreviates the compound expression *<strong>of</strong> the Watchers and<br />

holy ones', ]*'2?*'lp1 [l***!**^]- <strong>The</strong> author <strong>of</strong> the work made a distinction in his angelological<br />

terminology between the 'Watchers', who as a rule refer to the evil angels (fallen stars, incubi),<br />

and the 'Watchers and holy ones', who refer to the good angels, messengers <strong>of</strong> God, the guardians<br />

and the guides <strong>of</strong> just men; cf. t&HPL in Dan. 4: 10, 20; XB^NPL] KT'S7<br />

in En

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