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

Ixvi Thp Booh of Enoch
three renderings do not presuppose three different forms in the
Greek. They most probably presuppose merely one, i.e. 6 nios rov
avOpdnrov, but walda b'gsi may presuppose 6 vlh'; rov aj/8pos. But
I thinic the latter improbable. In 62= 69^9 {Us) 71i* bS'si may be
a rendering of avOpwTrov as in 1^ 15^.
This change of rendering may seem surprising, but we have
a perfect parallel in the Curetonian and Sinaitic versions of the
Syriac N. T.i Thus whereas in the Peshitto b'reh dg-nasa (ma
NB'3N"i) occurs uniformly as a rendering of 6 ulos tov avOpunrov, in the
Curetonian yersion we have b'reh de-gabra {N1331 iT\l) in Luke 7^*
g26 22''8^ and in the Sinaitic version b'reh de-gabra in Mark 8^'
Luke 7^* John IS^^, and elsewhere in both these versions b'reh
de-nasa. In the Palestinian Lectionary there is still another way of
rendering the phrase, but this does not concern us here. We have,
however, learnt from these versions that differences in the manner
of rendering the title ' Son of Man ' in these versions does not imply
any difference in the original Greek. Similarly we conclude that the
three renderings of this title in the Parables do not presuppose
corresponding variations in the Greek, but are due to the translator.
If, then, these variations in the Parables are due to the translator
or translators it follows that these translators were Aramaic-speaking
Jews, since the phrases walda b'esi and walda sab'e are respectively
equivalents of b'reh de-gabra and b'reh de-nasa.^
On the above grounds we conclude that 6 vtos tov avOpunrov stood
in all cases in the Greek version of the Parables.^ That this Greek
jihrase represents the Hebrew DlNH-p, we shall further conclude from
the evidence given in the next section.
(c) Passages which postulate a Hebrew original
39'b. ' The righteous . . . shall fbe strongf {a-m :
.
' be beautifulf '
m, /3) as fiery lights.' Neither reading is satisfactory, a-m z± iptn'
which may be corrupt for l^ni' = 'shine': of. Dan. 123.. '\'^r[^''
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46''. ' These are they Avho tjudgef the stars of heaven.' Here, as
I have shown, the text appears to be based on Dan. 8^°, and should
be read (see my note in loc.) as follows :
' See Schmidt in Encylc. Bihl. iv. 4714.
2 The Aramaisms in the Ethiopic version of the 0. T. are probably due to
Aramaean missionaries.
' There is just a possibility that two forms stood in the Greek version, i. e. & vtds
TOV avepwitov and 6 vlbs toB di/8/)or, and that these were due to the translators, who
in this case also would be Aramaic-speaking Jews, but this is highly improbable.
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