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Th ori. al of tl e 1 ook were undoubtedl Se i t (H^bren or An ) Tie fnt,nieit of the Creek lersio re entl d co\eied 1 s clear e\idences of being the translat r,n of a Semite org al (the case is ai„ued conclusneh bl Charles Book 01 tt cl PI 21 2-' 325 andHale\y Journal Asiat ISb , pp 35" 395)
Editou—{l) Ethiopic Te\t Lawrence (1838) Dillmann (1851), riemming(J'f:cft n. I nlntuch., NeueFolge, lu. 1, 1902). (2) Greek Fragments ; Bouriant (1692), Lods (1S92), Charles (1893), Swete (1S9T).
(3) 7Van«?n(ioH>-.— English : Lawrence (partial, 1S31), Schodde (1882), Charles (1893).— German : Hoffniann(lS.-!3-lS3.s), Dillmann (1853), Flemming and Eadenuacher (1901).— French : Lods (the Greek Fragments onlv, 1892).
Literature.— (See Charles, Book nf Eitneh. pp. 9-Dl) • Liicke, Einl. ind. Offenb. Johtt>i.(lS5t)\E\\!ild. AUiaii'll. iih. ,1. EI/i.B. HenocA (1855); Hoffmann, 'I'b.d. Entstehungszeitd. B. Henoch' in ZDMG. 1852, pp. 87-91 ; Kostlin, ' t'b. d. Entstehung d. B. Henoch ' in Theol. Jahrb. 1856, pp. 210-279, 370-386 ; Geb- hardt, ' Die 70 Hirten d. B. Henoch ' in Merx' Archiv, vol. ii. 1872, pp. 163-246 ; Wieseler, ' Zur Abfassungszeit d. B. Henoch ' in ZDMG, 1882, pp. 185-195 ; Lawlor in Journ. of Philot. 1897, pp. 164-225 ; Clemen, ' Die Ziisammensetzung d. B. Henoch, etc' in SK, 1898, pp. 210-227 ; Stalker, The Christotogy o/Jcsiis, 1899, App. B, pp. 269-294.
2. The Slavonic Enoch.— This is one of the most recent additions to our f,Toiiii of .iiiocalypses. Its existence was not indeed suspected before its dis- covery. But this was due to tlie fact tliat a num- ber of book.s were attributed to Enoch. In this very work Enocli is said to liavc written 366 ; cf. 23° 68'. And because some of those were extant in the Ethiopic book no one thought of seeking for more. Nevcrtlieless, it was no source of surprise when it was announced tliat a new Enoch liad been found. This came fir.st as an intimation tliat a copy of a Slavonic version of the Ethiopic Enoch was in existence (Kozak in Jahrb. f. Prot. Thcol. 1892). Prof. Charles started to investigate tlie matter, and with tlie assistance of Mr. ftlorliU procured and examined printed copies of the Slavonic text in question. The result was the publication of the altogether independent and
! 1 inknnin pseudcpigraph (1896). Prof.
I tie fox the book is The Book of the L) n h but It is likely to be known in
1 b> the more convenient title, The s Enc h * which distinguishes it from the
1 ettei 1 no\\n ind older Ethiopic work.
( I t nt — riie book may be divided into three 1 11 1 \ii ( 1 ) The Ascension of Enoch and liis tit 1 m tht Se\en Heavens (1-38). (2) The Return ml 111 tl 1 tl ns to hib children (39-56). (3) Second S II 1 111 tiuctions including in his audience an 1 iiilli^L tf 2U00 people, and final a-ssumption (oT bS)
(a) Chs 1 SS The book opens with a short pro- logue, intioducing the personality of Enoch, and givins the tune ind place of a dream he saw (1). Enoch then wains his children of his impending absence fiom them foi % time (2) ; he is taken by iw o angels up to the fiist heaven (3), where he sees 200 angels who guard the treasuries of the snow, the dew, and the oil (4-6). He is next taken up into the second heaven and beholds and converses V ith the fallen angels (7). In the third heaven, the 1 iiadise piepared for the righteous (8. 9), he is led to tlie noithern region where he sees the jilaces of toituie (10) From thence he is taken up into the fouith heaven the habitation of the sun and moon, ind theie sees the phoenixes and chalkadris {chalky- chir<!) mysteuous composite beings with head.s of ciocodiles and bodies of serpents (11. 12). In the cistein jioition of the fourth heaven he comes to the tates of the sun (13); thence he is led to the \ estein legions md hears a song by the phoenixes md chalk\dues (14 lo). He is then taken to the cistern couise and hears indescribable music by angels ( 16 17) Heie his visit to the fourth heaven ends he is earned to the fifth heaven, where he sees the Gnqoii or ^^ atchers (18). In the sixth beaien he delays only a short time, and thence jisses to the seienth 19. 20), where the Lord is seated on a high throne. Here the ministering angels who ha\e brought him take their departure; Enoch falls down and worshi^)S the Lord; he is strii 1 eel of his earthly clothing, anointed, and lobed in suitable apparel ; he is given over to Vretil the aichangel (patron of literature), to be instructed (21. 22). Under the guidance of this archangel he writes 366 books (23) He returns into the presence of the Lord, and holds direct con- verse with Him, learning the secrets of creation (24-29-), and of the formation of 10,000 angels and the fall of Satanail (29^-=) ; also of the creation of man, i.e. Adam and Eve (30), his being jilaced in paradise, his fall and judgment (31. 32). God then declares His purposes for the future (33. 34), and sends him back to the earth to stay thirty days longer and teach his children the true knowledge of God (35-38).