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

220 Tlie Booh of Enoch [Sect. V
the final judgement at the close of the temporary Messianic kirigt
dom. Further evidence to this effect is to be found in 92^' *,
where the righteous are said to 'walk in eternal light'; in 104'',
where they are to become ' companions of the hosts of heaven ' ; in
104^, where they are to 'shine as the lights', and have 'the portals
of heaven open to them '. These statements could not possibly
apply to the members of the temporary Messianib kingdom, (4)
There is only a resurrection of the righteous in 91-104; of. QV-^
92^ 100^: whereas in 22 a general resurrection with the exception
of one class of sinners is taught. (5) There is no resurrection of
the body in 91-104: there is a resurrection of the body in 1-36.
(6) Contrast the spiritual nature of the kingdom in 91-104 with
the crass materialism of 1-36, where much of the bliss consists in
good eating and drinking and the begetting of large families, and
life itself depends on the external eating of the tree of life.
(7) Finally, contrast the answers given by 1-36 and 91-104 to
the question, • why do the righteous suffer ? ' See pp. 3 sq., 222 sq.
The lines of thought, then, being so divergent in these two
sections, there is no conclusion open to us other than that they
proceed from different authors ; whereas the obvious points of
agreement necessitate the assumption that one of the two authors
had the work of the other before him, and we need feel no hesita-
tion in concluding that the author of 91-104 had 1-36 or some
form of this section before him—some form of tliis section we repeat,
for it is at the best fragmentary.
B. (6) Relation of 91-104 to 83-90. There are some points
of resemblance between these sections. (1) Elijah's translation
is referred to, 93^* i^-'"^. God rejoices over the destruction of the
wicked, 94" 8958_ (2) Titles of God in common: 'The Great
King,' gP'' 84«; ' the Holy and Great One,' 92^ (note) 84i-
But these and other superficial points of resemblance are far
outweighed by the divergent lines of thought pursued in the two
sections, which render the theory of one and undivided authorship
impossible. "We should observe then, that— (1) the Messianic
kingdom is finite in duration in 91-104, i.e. from the eighth to
the tenth world-week inclusive; whereas in 83-90 it is eternal..
In 91-104 the final judgement takes place at the close of the
Messianic kingdom; in 83-90 it is consummated at the beginning
of the Messianic kingdom. (2) There is a resurrection of the
righteous only in 91-104; but in 83-90 a resurrection of apostate
Jews also. (3) The period of the sword is differently dated and