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

Sect. IT] Chapter XLVT. 2-8 87
and whence he was^ (and) why he went with the Head of Days ?
3. And he answered and said unto me
This is the Son oi Man who hath righteousness^
'that'(= w'm) in 13W14i: 'those'
(= *61kft) in 10«. In 89«-« wliei-e the
Greek version also survives, we find
that 'that' (= zekCl or zektft or w'Std),
thougli occurring twelve times in these
verses, is eleven times a rendei-ing o£
the Greelc article. Every Ethiopic
scholar is aware of this fact, and atten-
tion is rightly drawn to it in Dill-
mann's Ethiopic Lexicon under each of
the above demonstratives. Moreover
we can show in the Parables in three
passages undeniable instances of such
renderings, i. o. in 52' 6210 and 71",
where w'StCl precedes respectively the
phrases ' Angel of peace ',
' Lord of
Spirits ', and ' Head of Days '. No
Jew could say ' that God '. Now
turning from the above general evidence
to the passages themselves we
find that in two, i.e. 46' and 11^*,
w'StIi serves as the copula—a frequent
usage in Ethiopic, and in these passages
it cannot rightly be taken otherwise.
Thus there are three passages where
the demonstrative is wanting, i. e. 62',
as we have already observed, and these
two, 46' 71". These facts, combined
with the usage of our translator in
rendering the Greek article, as we
have shown above, makes it probable
in the highest degree that zekft and
zentCl stand for the article and nothing
more in 462. 4 432 e2S, u 6311^ and that
sinularly w'gtft in 69'8. «» C") 70^ 71"
is a rendering of the article. For the
relation between the title ' Son of
Man ' in Enoch and in the N. T. see
Appendix on ' the Son of Man '.
3. The Son of Man. Here the w'Btft
(= 'that') that precedes this title is
11 copula as in 71^*. See preceding
note. The Messiah is conceived in
the Parables as (1) the Judge of
:
the world, (2) the Revealer of all
things, (3) the Messianic Champion
and Ruler of the righteous. (1) As
judge, he possesses (a) righteousness,
.(b) wisdom, and (0) power (Pss. 45*"'
72 Is. ll'-» Jer. 23". «). (a) He is the
Eighleous One in an extraordinary
sense, 38" (see note) 53' ; he possesses
righteousness, and it dwells with him,
46', and on the ground of his essential
righteousness, 46', has he been chosen
no less than according to God's good
pleasure, 49''. (6) Wisdom, which
could find no dwelling-place on earth,
42, dwells in him and the spirit of
Him who giveth knowledge, 49' ; and
the secrets of wisdom stream forth from
his mouth, 51', and wisdom is poured
out like water before him, 49^, (c) In
him abides the spirit of power, 49', and
he possesses universal dominion, 62°.
(2) He is the revealer of all things.
His appearance will be the signal for
the revelation of good and the un»
masking of evil ; will bring to light
everything that is hidden, alike the in-
visible world of righteousness and the
hidden world of sin, 46' 49'> • ; and
will recall to life those that have
perished on land and sea, and those
that are in Sheol and hell, 51^ 61",
Evil when once unmasked will vanish
from his presence, 49^*. Hence all
judgement has been committed unto
him, 69"', and he will sit on the throne
of his glory, 45' (see note), and all
men and angels will be judged before
him, 51" 55* 61' 62". ', and no lying
utterance will be possible before liim,
49* 62', and by the mere word of his
mouth will he slay the ungodly, 62".
(3) He is the Messianic champion and
ruler of the righteous. He is the stay
of the righteous, 48*, and has already