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

56 77*6 Book of Enoch [Sect. I
""between ?""
with mCj answered and said :
2. ""Then Uriel^ one of the holy angels who was
' This"" accursed valley is for those
who are accursed for ever : here shall all ''the accursed"' be
gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord
unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things.
E
Here shall they be gathered
together, and here shall be their
place of judgement. 3. In
the last days there shall be
upon them the spectacle of
righteous judgement in the
presence of the righteous for
ever : here shall the merciful
In 37-70 there appears to be a modifi-
cation of this idea ; for though the
punishment is everlasting, only its
initial stages were to be executed in
the presence of the righteous. On the
expiration of these the wicked were to
be swept for ever from the presence of
the righteous ; cf. 48' (note) 62". ".
2° A place of spiritual punishment
only, for apostate Jews in the presence
of the righteous. This new development
is attested in 91-104 ; cf. 98'
' their spirits shall be cast into a furnace
of fire'^ also 103«. Prom 99" 103'.
it is clear that to this writer Gehenna
and Sheol have become equivalent
terms. Cf. also 100'108«, the latter passage
being from a different hand. On
Sheol see note on .56*, and on the question
generally my Art. on 'Gehenna' in
Hastings, JB.D., whence these state-
ments are drawn. In the N. T. (Matt.
529, so 1028 183 23'5, &c.) and in 4 Ezra
738-38 Gehenna is no longer the plnce
of punishment of unrighteous Jews
but of the wiclied generally. In later
Judaism the conception underwent a
further change. Gehenna was reg.arded
«
G8
Here shall they be gathered
together^ and here shall be
the place of their habitation.
3. In the last times, in the
days of the true judgement
in the presence of the righteous
for ever : here shall the godly
as the Purgatory of faithless Jews who
were afterwards to be admitted into
Paradise, but the place of eternal perdi-
tion for the Gentiles ; cf. Weber, Juil.
Theol. 341 sq. 2. Then tTriel . . .
said :
' This (E). > G^. Valley.
G^ has here 7^ which is a translitera-
tion of N'5, as in Neh. 11=5 Ezelw 32=
in the LXX. It is transliterated as
76 in 2 Ohron. 28' Ezek. 391=, as 701 in
Jos. 1818 Ezek. 39". The accursed
(G"). > E. Utter unseemly words.
See ,'J* note. Gehenna is the final
abode of godless Israelites. Place of
their habitation {oiicrjrr]pLOV avrwv G^).
E reads mgkugnanihdmfi = ' place
of their judgement ', which may be a
corruption of makan6mii = oiicijTripiov
axiToiv. But the corruption may have
arisen in the Greek, i. e. oiK-qrqpiov may
have been corrupted into icpiTijpwv.
2-3. Accordingly as we follow G^ or
E the text differs somewhat. In the
days (6^ Ic raiV fniipaii). Here E
reads eo-rai aiiToii (Is Tr)v opaaiv (or
i) opams). This introduces the idea
which reappears in 48' 62^^. See
note on 2/1. The godly = daepfti