Hermeneia: 1 Enoch 1: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 1–36; 81–108 (Herm)

by George W. E. Nickelsburg

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2001

Overview

1 Enoch is one of the most intriguing books in the Pseudepigrapha (Israelite works outside the Hebrew canon). It was originally written in Aramaic and is comprised of several smaller works, incorporating traditions from the three centuries before the Common Era. Employing the name of the ancient patriarch Enoch, the Aramaic text was translated into Greek and then into Ethiopic. But as a whole, it is a classic example of revelatory (apocalyptic) literature and an important collection of Jewish literature from the Hellenistic and Roman periods. This volume represents the culmination of three decades’ work on the Book of 1 Enoch for George Nickelsburg. He provides detailed commentary on each passage in chapters 1–36 and 81–108, and an introduction to the full work. The introduction includes sections on overviews of each of the smaller collections, texts and manuscripts, literary aspects, worldview and religious thought, the history of ideas and social contexts, usage in later Jewish and Christian literatures, and a survey of the modern study of the book.

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Key Features

• Represents the culmination of three decades’ work on the Book of 1 Enoch
• Provides detailed commentary on each passage in chapters 1–36 and 81–108
• Includes an introduction to the full work

Contents

Top Highlights

“In its own time, 1 Enoch was for some people a viable religious document, and it can be defined as ‘noncanonical’ only after the canonical decisions were made.” (Page 4)

“Nonetheless, vv 37–38 indicate a return to the first beginnings and hence a new creation and an entirely new era.” (Page 404)

“describing a God who is totally transcendent, overpowering in his glory,²³ unapproachable” (Page 265)

“These verses depict the total distortion and disintegration of the earth in the presence of the divine Judge” (Page 146)

“the seeds sown in Enochic speculative wisdom will blossom in later Jewish mysticism” (Page 1)

Product Details

• Title: 1 Enoch 1: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 1–36; 81–108
• Author: George W. E. Nickelsburg
• Series: Hermeneia
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Pages: 662
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Ethiopic book of Enoch › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:HRMNEIAENCH1
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-01-16T19:15:39Z

About George W. E. Nickelsburg

George W.E. Nickelsburg is emeritus professor of religion at the University of Iowa, where he taught for more than three decades. He is the author of 70 articles and several hundred dictionary and encyclopedia entries. Among his many works are Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters, Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah, and Early Judaism: Texts and Documents on Faith and Piety, Revised Edition.