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

Sect. II] Chapters LI. 5
5 i. And the eavth shall rejoice^
—
c. And the righteous shall dwell upon it,
d. And the elect shall walk thereon.
LII. 1 101
The Seven Metal Mountains atul the Elect One.
LII. 1. And after those days in that place where I had seen
all the visions of that which is hidden—for I had been carried
off in a whirlwind and they had borne me towards the west
mala'Skt, ' of all the angels,' and can
only therefore be translated as follows :
' the faces of [all] the angels.' In this
verse we h.ive the compound future
jSkawnft . . . j^barhft = ' shall be lighted
up ' as in 10''^. ' Finally, the word all
is unnecessary. kugllCl ( = ' all ') I take
as a corruption of 'SUA—a con-uption
that has occurred in the earlier chapters
where the Greek exists, and '611CI is
simply a translation of the Greek
article as very frequently in this book.
In my former edition, with all other
translators, I rendered ' this : they shall
all be angels in heaven : their faces
shall be lighted up with joy ' (j8). The
later MSS. /3 certainly admit of this
translation, but it is wanting in sense.
Who are the ' all ' ? Hence the idea
that the righteous shall become like
the angels is not found in this passage.
5. The earth rejoices, for it is trans-
formed, 45^, and has at last become the
inheritance of the righteous as anciently
promised ; of Ps. S?^. ». ". 29, ^K Walk
(g). mtu read ' go ', ;8 'go and walk '.
g supports /3, but 5''° and all of 5''
but the last word are written over an
erasure.
LII. This obscure chapter seems to
symbolize the various future kingdoms
of the world, and to be founded on
Dan.2'i~*^ These kingdoms of material
force, symbolized by iron and brass
and silver and gold and clay, will be
as the chaff of summer threshing-floors
before the kingdom of the Messiah,
Dan. 2'^ ; they will be broken to pieces
'
—
and consumed, Dan. 2". So here the
various world powers represented by
these mountains of iron and copper and
silver and gold, &o., will melt as wax
before the fire in tlie presence of the
Messiah, 52', and be destroyed from off
the face of tlie earth, 52',and no earthly
might will avail in that day, 52'< *.
Observe that the idea of symbolizing
the world powers by mountains is drawn
from the same section of Daniel. In
Dan. 2'^ the Messianic kingdom is sym-
bolized by a mountain. But this chapter
seems to be composed of two inde-
pendent documents. In 52^"^ the moun-
tains serve to eialt the dominion of the
Messiah, whereas in 52^~" they are
destroyed before his presence. Again,
we remark that the question Enoch puts
in 52^ receives two independent answers,
one from the angel who went with him
in .52* and the other from the angel of
peace in 52^ ''" In the Introduction
to the Parables, p. 64 sq., I have shown
following a suggestion of Beer—that
there are two sources in the Parables,
and this chapter furnishes very clear
evidence in this direction. 52^"^ is
common to both sources, 52^"'' to the
Son of Man source, and 52^"^ to the
source dealing with the Elect One.
Thus we have the explanation of the
divergence between 52^"* and 52^"".
1. In that place, i. e. in heaven where
he had seen all the preceding visions.
It is idle to attempt to get an exact
idea of Enoch's movements. In 39' he
was carried off by a whirlwind to the