The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

2a8 THE BOOKS OF ENOCH En« i xxi
[4QEn* I i to xix are missing]
4QEn* 1 XX—?En. 18:15 (PI XVIII)
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L. I. Identification open to doubt. Restore perhaps *1inO] H*? ]''nnD[ "^1 K^'SDIDV^
*linO: Kal ol darepes ol KoiXiopuevoi iv rep rrvpl in C.
or maybe [VT^Xh ]n^,
'round the same fire', refers to the colunms of fire which are
mentioned in verse II (cf. En^ I viii), or else to the actual fire of the seven stars: CTRRA
daripes
w9 oprj pL€ydXa KeopLeva (v. 13). The participle l^'^HO would have specified that the planets
revolve round the fire in a circular motion; thus KVKXa>pL€voi and not KvXiopievoi,, 'wallowing in
the fire' (like animals) or 'swarming around the fire' (like bees).
L. 2. Perhaps supply: x^D na]Ka*? n[3s;a^ ixDn n ]i2x pa xri: o^oi €tw oi
napapdvres (MS. irapa^ovres) TrpoGraypua /cU in C.
Our verse 15 of chapter 18 of Enoch, and its doublet En. 21: 6, are generally considered to be
the origin of Jude 13; see, however, the notes to En« 4 i 11-13.
4QEn« 1 xxi—En. 21: 2-4 (PI. XVIII)
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fr\m[
Kin Ka;
The identification of this fragment, which contains the remains of a column belonging to
the same piece of parchment as the following column, is in my opinion fairly certain. The texts
of the versions, Greek (in double recension C and C) and Ethiopic (E), differ widely from what
may be read and supplied in our fragment.
L. I. Read and restore probably HWX [X"? n IIIK] = roTTov dKaraGKcvaarov of C and
C in En. 21: 2; thus an Ophal perfect rather than a Peal passive participle: ilW X[^].