The Book of Enoch (1893) - Page 24

...and was probably subsequent to it and only partially affected M. This probable conclusion becomes a certainty when we examine the rest of the book. The following list of passages, in which we have departed from Dillmann’s text in deference to the better readings of the British Museum manuscripts, shows that G represents an ancient, unrevised text, and that G¹ and M are closely related to G. However, all the rest belong, more or less closely, to another type of text, of which we may regard Dillmann’s text as a partially adequate representation. This latter type of text yields an inferior meaning—frequently when opposed to G alone, and nearly always when opposed to GM, GG¹, or GG¹M, or these supported by one, two, or more of the other manuscripts. Thus, I have followed them against Dillmann:


G alone . . . . . . . .	102 times
G with one or more of CDEFHKLNO . . .	7 ”
G M . . . . . . . .	126 ”
G M with one or more of ABCDEFHIKLNO	38 ”
G G¹ . . . . . . . .	12 ”
G G¹ with EN and ILO . . . . .	2 ”
G G¹ M . . . . . . . .	19 ”
G¹ M . . . . . . . .	2 ”
M alone or with Greek or with other MSS. .	11 ”
D with Greek . . . . . . .	1 ”
E N with Greek . . . . . .	1 ”
F I . . . . . . . .	1 ”
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	322

Thus, in 322 instances, I have followed the above manuscripts against Dillmann. In every instance, however, I have also provided Dillmann’s text with its translation, so that the reader may form their own judgment.

Before passing from this subject, I will provide a few passages to show how weakly, at times, Dillmann’s text is supported even by inferior manuscripts. See the critical notes on xxxix. 7, where G, M, and seven other manuscripts are against him; liii. 7, where G, M, and nine other manuscripts are against him; lxvii. 3, where G, M, and eight other manuscripts are against him; lxvii. 13, where G, M, and all manuscripts except B and C are against him; xc. 18, where...