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

Introduction xvii
§ 5. The Relations op the G= and Gs to each othee
AND TO E (the Ethiopic Version).
(a) G* more original than (??. These two fragments are closely
related and yet exhibit marks of independence. They are
closely relatedj and probably go back to the same Greek transla-
tion of the Aramaic text, since they present in so many passages
identically the same text. On the other hand G' has in several
passages a different and undoubtedly better order of text. Thus
& rightly places 7^"^ of Gs (or rather its equivalent of 7^~^)
after 8* of Gs. For manifestly 7i. 2 gi-^ precede T^-^. Thus it
alone preserves the original order. The angels went in to the
daughters of men, who bare to them three classes of giants.
And the angels taught their women sorceries and incantations
(yi, 2^_ Then follows a detailed account of the art, which each
of the leading twenty angels taught mankind. And after this
the giants turned against men and began to devour their flesh
(G= 81-3 Qg 81-3 73-5), It will be observed that in 8^ Ge is
very defective compared with G° in the list of the offices of the
various angels. The additional elements in G° here could not
have been written by a Greek, for in every instance the office
constitutes when translated into Aramaic a play on the name of
the angel who discharges the office. Similarly in 6'' the order
of the names of the angels is different and G^ is here preferable
to GsE.
Again, 8* of G» has preserved in all probability a more original
text than G^E. For it is natural that the substance of the
prayer of men as they were slain by the giants should be given
when it is first referred to in 8*. Here, indeed, G= presents a
duplicate text, and both texts give the prayer in question. Gs E,
on the other hand, do not give the words of the prayer till 9^,
when the angels are presenting it before God. G' in Semitic
fashion gives the prayer in extenso here also. Again the addi-
tional clauses {-nopeuov kiK.) in G= lO^. * belong most probably to
the original work but have been lost in G^ E, see note on 10^-
The same is true of the addition in G^ 9^ with its peculiar diction,
as is clear from a comparison of lO"' i^.
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