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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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CONTENTS<br />

LIST OF FIGURES<br />

ABBREVIATIONS<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

xi<br />

xiii<br />

i<br />

I. ARAMAIC BOOKS OF ENOCH IN PERSIAN AND HELLENISTIC<br />

TIMES 4<br />

<strong>The</strong> Astronomical Book (En. 72-82) 7<br />

<strong>The</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Watchers (En. 1-36) 22<br />

<strong>The</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Dreams (En. 83-90), the Epistle <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enoch</strong><br />

(En. 91-108), and the Book <strong>of</strong> Giants 41<br />

<strong>Enoch</strong>ic Writings and Essene Texts from <strong>Qumran</strong> 59<br />

II. EARLY VERSIONS OF THE BOOKS OF ENOCH 70<br />

<strong>The</strong> Greek Version 70<br />

<strong>The</strong> Latin, Coptic, and Syriac Translations 78<br />

<strong>The</strong> Ethiopic Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enoch</strong> 83<br />

in.<br />

VVrORKS ATTRIBUTED TO ENOCH IN ROMANO-BYZANTINE AND<br />

MEDIEVAL TIMES , 89<br />

<strong>The</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Parables and other <strong>Enoch</strong>ic Writings in the Roman<br />

and Byzantine Periods 89<br />

<strong>The</strong> Slavonic <strong>Enoch</strong> and other <strong>Enoch</strong>ic Writings in the Middle<br />

Ages 107<br />

<strong>Enoch</strong> in Cabbalistic Literature 125<br />

TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS, AND<br />

NOTES<br />

THE BOOKS OF ENOCH<br />

First copy (4QEn% Pis. I-V) 139<br />

Second copy (4QEnb, Pis. VI-IX) 164<br />

Third copy (4QEns Pis. IX-XV) 178<br />

Fourth copy (4QEn^ Pis. XVI-XVII) 217<br />

Fifth copy (4QEn% Pis. XVIII-XXI) 225<br />

Sixth copy (4QEnf, PI. XXI) 244<br />

Seventh copy (4QEns Pis. XXI-XXIV 245

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