CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES xi
ABBREVIATIONS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1

I. ARAMAIC BOOKS OF ENOCH IN PERSIAN AND HELLENISTIC TIMES 4
The Astronomical Book (En. 72–82) 7
The Book of Watchers (En. 1–36) 22
The Book of Dreams (En. 83–90), the Epistle of Enoch (En. 91–108), and the Book of Giants 41
Enochic Writings and Essene Texts from Qumrân 59

II. EARLY VERSIONS OF THE BOOKS OF ENOCH 70
The Greek Version 70
The Latin, Coptic, and Syriac Translations 78
The Ethiopic Book of Enoch 83

III. WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO ENOCH IN ROMANO-BYZANTINE AND MEDIEVAL TIMES 89
The Book of Parables and other Enochic Writings in the Roman and Byzantine Periods 89
The Slavonic Enoch and other Enochic Writings in the Middle Ages 107
Enoch in Cabbalistic Literature 125

TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS, AND NOTES

THE BOOKS OF ENOCH

First copy (4QEnᵃ, Pls. I–V) 139
Second copy (4QEnᵇ, Pls. VI–IX) 164
Third copy (4QEnᶜ, Pls. IX–XV) 178
Fourth copy (4QEnᵈ, Pls. XVI–XVII) 217
Fifth copy (4QEnᵉ, Pls. XVIII–XXI) 225
Sixth copy (4QEnᶠ, Pl. XXI) 244
Seventh copy (4QEnᵍ, Pls. XXI–XXIV) 245