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The Aramaic Books of Enoch and Related Literature from Qumran
Proceedings of the International Online Conference Organized by the Center for the Study of Second Temple Judaism of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, in Cooperation with Enoch Seminar, 20–22 October 2020
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Edited by:
Henryk Drawnel
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2024
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This volume contains studies that explore the content and meaning of the Qumran manuscripts of the Aramaic Books of Enoch, the Book of Giants, and related literature. The essays shed new light on the lexicon, orthography and grammar of the Aramaic scrolls, as well as their relationship to schematic astronomy in ancient Mesopotamia. Contributors examine the origin of the angelic tradition of the Watchers, the textual and literary relationship of the Aramaic scrolls to the Book of the Watchers, and the culpability of humanity in the spread of evil on earth according to the myth of the fallen angels.
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Henryk Drawnel, SSD (2004), Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, is Professor of Early Judaism at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He has published on 1 Enoch and Aramaic Qumran manuscripts, including Qumran Cave 4: The Aramaic Books of Enoch. 4Q201, 4Q202, 4Q204, 4Q205, 4Q206, 4Q207, 4Q212 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).
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May 13, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9789004696716
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318
eBook ISBN:
9789004696716
Keywords for this book
Judaism of the Second Temple period; Jewish apocalyptic literature; pseudepigrapha of teh Old Testament; 1 Enoch; Book of Watchers; Astronomical Book; Qumran manuscripts; Qumran Aramaic literature; Aramaic philology
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars, academic teachers, and students interested in Jewish apocalyptic literature of the Second Temple period, 1 Enoch, and Qumran Aramaic manuscripts.
