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

Sect. Il] Chapter LIV. 5-10 107
above the heavens, and of the fountains which are beneath the
earth. 8. And all the waters shall be joined with the waters
that which is above the heavens is the masculine, and the water
which is beneath the earth is the feminine. 9. And they shall
destroy all who dwell on the earth and those who dwell under
the ends of the heaven. 10. And when they have recognized
through ignorance or of set purpose.
Cf. ' Lord of Spirits ', see 37" (note)
' Head of Days,' 55^ see 46' (note) !
' angels of punishment,' 40' 66' (note);
' Son of Man,' 60" (note) '
; those who
dwell on the earth,' 54^ 37' (note).
(6) The interpolator misunderstands
the Parables, and combines absolutely-
alien elements ; cf. ' the burning valley
in the metal mountains in the west '
— ;
an illegitimate combination of 5"2'i '
and 541. (7) Finally, the Parables
follow the LXX chronology ; the inter-
polations follow the Samaritan. Thus
in 61'^ Enoch speaks of the elect as
being already in Paradise, and in 70^
on his translation he finds his fore-
fathers already there. This could be
the case only according to the LXX
reckoning ; for according to the Sama-
ritan all his forefathers survived him,
and, according to the Hebrew, all
except Adam. The interpolations
follow the Samaritan reckoning : see
65^ (note). The object of the inter-
polator is clear. Although the final
world judgement is treated at length,
there are only the briefest references to
the first. It was to supply this defect
in the Parables that an existiag Apoca-
lypse of Noah was laid under contribu-
tion. 7. Above the heavens.
All MSS. but 16 add ' and in addition
to the fountains which are beneath the
heavens '— an addition which originated
in a dittograph of the following clause.
According to early Semitic views there
were only waters above the heavens and
below the earth. 8. We have
here a fragment of Babylonian cosmo-
logy. According to the Babylonians
water was the primeval element or
elements ; for there the waters were
distinguished as Apsu and Tiamat—in
other words as the male and female
elements. From the mingling of these
two arose the gods : see K.A.T.',p. 492
sq. ; Hastings, Encyo. of Religion,
ii. 314 ; Jastrow, Religion of Babylonia,
ill sqq. Traces of this myth are found
in Jer. Berakh. ix. 2 ' the upper water
is male and the lower water is female '
(Qiiinnnni nnat a''i\h^n n'^^r]
ni3p3). A protest against accepting
water as the primitive element is found
in Chag.
14'' on the part of Eabbi
Aqiba. This religious and philosophical
idea is stated in Jer. Chag. ii. 1 ' Ori-
ginally the world consisted of water in
water' (D'D3 D''D tb'\)in Hfl ni^nni).
0. All who dwell on the earth
see 375 note. 10. Andi". >