INTERPRETING THE BOOK OF ENOCH: REFLECTIONS ON A RECENTLY PUBLISHED COMMENTARY

Abstract

INTERPRETING THE BOOK OF ENOCH: REFLECTIONS ON A RECENTLY PUBLISHED COMMENTARY by MICHAEL A. KNIBB King’s College London I The Book of Enoch is one of the most important texts of Second Temple Judaism and has been the object of intense study since the publication by Milik in 1976 of the Aramaic fragments of the text. But while there have been detailed studies devoted to the text of the book and new translations in several languages, and while there have been numerous studies of individual parts of the text or of speciŽ c themes within it, there has been lacking