CONTENTS

General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-53

§ 1. Short Account of the Book (pp. 1, 2). § 2. The Ethiopic MSS. (pp. 2-5). § 3. Greek Version (p. 5). § 4. Emendations (pp. 5, 6). § 5. Editions of the Ethiopic Text—Laurence, Dillmann (p. 6). § 6. Translations—Laurence, Hoffmann, Dillmann, Schodde (pp. 6-9). § 7. Critical Inquiries—Lücke, Hofmann, Dillmann, Jellinek, Gildemeister, Ewald, Weisse, Köstlin, Hilgenfeld, Volkmar, Geiger, Langen, Sieffert, Holtzmann, Hallévi, Philippi, Wittichen, Gebhardt, Anger, Vernes, Kuenen, Tideman, Drummond, Hausrath, Lipsius, Westcott, Schodde, Wieseler, Schürer, Stanton, Reuss, Holtzmann, Pfleiderer, Baldensperger, Salmon, Peter, Deane, Thomson, Cheyne, De Faye (pp. 9-21). § 8. From a Hebrew Original through the Medium of a Greek Translation (pp. 21, 22). § 9. The Object of Apocalyptic Literature (pp. 22-24). § 10. The Different Elements in the Book of Enoch, with their Respective Characteristics and Dates. This book is a fragmentary survival of an Enochic literature with large additions from an Apocalypse of Noah, derived from at least six authors. Part I (pp. 25, 26), i-xxxvi, before 170 B.C., mainly from the prophetic standpoint of such chapters as Is. lxv, lxvi, but with a more developed eschatology. Part II (pp. 26-28), lxxxiii-xc, written between 166-161 B.C., mainly from the same standpoint as Daniel. An immense advance on the naive and sensuous conceptions of i-xxxvi. The kingdom is to be introduced by the warlike efforts of Judas Maccabaeus and to last forever on earth. Part III (pp. 28, 29), xci-civ, written between 134-94 B.C., introduces a world of new conceptions in which the center of interest has passed from the material world to the spiritual; the Messianic kingdom has become merely of temporary duration, and heaven itself, not the Messianic kingdom, has become the goal of the hopes of the righteous. Part IV (pp. 29, 30), the Similitudes xxxvii-lxx, written between 94-79 B.C. or 70-64 B.C. The varying relations in which the Chasid