the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

2 Tlie Booh of Enoch [Sect, i
text will be found in 79-82 and 91-93. Since 12-16 were known
to tlie autlior of the Book of Jubilees and were written in Aramaic
tliey were probably pre-Maccabean. In these chapters the tran-
scendence of God is pictured in an extreme degree. He dwells in
heaA'en in a crystal palace of fire, into which not even an angel
may enter, H'^^s^ whereas in 6-11, 20-36 the old Hebrew stand-
point is fairly preserved. The Messianic Kingdom will be established
on earth, and all sin vanish, 10""^^; the chambers of blessing in
heaven will be opened, 11'; Jerusalem will be the centre of the
Messianic Kingdom, 25=, and God Himself will come down to visit
the earth with blessing and will sit on His throne on earth, 25^
men will enjoy patriarchal lives and die in happy old age, 10' 25".
17-19 stand by themselves, exhibiting, as they do, strong traces of
Greek influence in the adoption of Greek conceptions of the under-
world (cf. 17= sqi-)—a thing that a Chasid could not have done
after the Llaccabean revolt. And yet, though these chapters betray
Greek influences, they attest their close relationship with 20-36 ;
IS^-a is a doublet of 241-^, 18" of 21''-i", ISi^-i" of 21i-«, and 19^
of 10".
20-36 springs apparently from one and the same hand. The
connexion of 20 with 21-36 is loose it is true, and yet the functions
ascribed to the Archangels in 20 are tolerably borne out in 21-36.
These chapters also were known to the author of the Book of Jubilees.
They were written in Aramaic. Their date, therefore, is most
l^robably pre-Maccabean.
Only 1-5 have now to be dealt with. It is difficult to say any-
thing definite regarding them. They look like an introduction to
the entire book written by the final editor. Their phraseology
connects them with every Section of the book but 72-82. Thus the
phrases ' the Holy One ', 1^, ' the elect ', 1^, ' the Holy Great One ', 1^,
'the eternal God' (or 'the God of the world'), IS 'the Watchers',
1', ' the righteous ', 1*, ' His holy ones ', I'', ' proud and hard words ',
5*, ' hard-hearted 5*,
', ' Ye shall find no peace ', 5'', are found in some
cases in every Section of the book, and in all cases in one or more.
In 5'' the righteous look forward to a Messianic Kingdom on earth,
in which they should enjoy patriarchal lives in blessedness and peace.
There is one passage which helps us to determine the terminus
a quo. In 5' the words
' They shall complete the number of the days of their life
And their lives shall be increased in peace
And the years of their joy shall be multiplied
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