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

Introduction xiii
Oi-igen, Contra Celsum, v. 54 to. (inyeypafif).4va tov 'Evii>x l3LJ3\l.a
lu Num. Homil. xxviii. 3 ' In libellis qui appellantur Enoch '.
Pistis Sophia (ed. Schwartze, p! 245) 'Ea in secundo libro leu,
quae scripsit Enoch '.
Syncellus {ChronograpJiia, ed. Dind.), i. p. 20 ex tov npaiTov
j3il3\[ov TOV 'Eviax- The same phrase recurs in i. p. .21, 47. Cf.
i. 42 e/c TOV TTpuiTov Xoyov 'Kvdx.- Here and in the preceding work
the division of Enoch into books is clearly recognized. There
were five such divisions or books; see § 6.
3°. Book of Enoch. This title is found in :
T. Lev. X. 5 [a, (leg) Kadois -nepiiyj^i i] (> abf) ^ljSXos 'Ehmx
TOV bmaiov.
Origen, De Princ. i. 3. 3 ' In Enoch libro': iv. 35 'in libro
suo Enoch ita ait '.
Hilary, Comment, in Ps. cxxxii. 3 'Fertur id de quo etiam
nescio cuius liber exstat''.
Jerome, De Viris ilhistr. iv 'De libro Enoch qui apocryphus est'.
Syncellus, op. eit. i. 60 ws kv ry /3^;3Xa) avTov 'Ez/wx. epfTai.
But this title may refer merely to one of the books of Enoch,
and so come under 2°-
3°. Words of Enocli. This title has the oldest external attesta-
tion. Jub. 211" Tor thus I have found it written in the books
of my forefathers and in the words of Enoch, and in the words
of Noah'.
T. Benj. ix. 1 otto XoyiW (= Xo'ycoi' fi-d) 'Eiiajx
'''°^ hiKaiov.
This title finds some justification in 1 Enoch 1^ ' Words of the
blessing of Enoch ' ; 14^ ' book of the words of righteousness '.
4°. Writing of Enoch :
T. Lev. xiv. 1 OA) 'lyvmv anb ypa^rjs 'Evdx- See also in
T. Sim. v. 4, T. Naph. iv. 1.
Tertullian, De Cultu Im. i. 3 'Scio scripturam Enoch . . . cum
Enoch eadem scriptura etiam de domino praedicarit '.
§ 3. Its Canonicity.
The citations of Enoch by the Testaments of the Twelve
Patriarchs and by the Book of Jubilees show that at the close