The book of Enoch : translated from Professor Dillmann's Ethiopic ...

CONTENTS
General Introduction . . . . . 1-53
§ 1. Short Account of the Book (pp. I, a). § 2. The Ethiopic
MSS. (pp. 2-5). § 3. Greek Version (p. 5). § 4. Emenda-
tions (pp. 5,6). § 5. Editions of the Ethiopic Text—Laurence,
Dillmann (p. 6). § 6. Translations—Laurence, Hoffmann,
Dillmann, Schodde (pp. 6-9). § 7. Critical Inquiries—Liicke,
Hofmann, Dillman, Jellinek, Gildemeister, Ewald, Weisse,
Kostlin, Hilgenfeld, Volkmar, Geiger, Langen, Sieffert, Holtz-
mann, Hallevi, Philippi, Wittichen, Gebhardt, Anger, Vernes,
Kuenen, Tideman, Drummond, Hausrath, Lipsius, Westcott,
Schodde, Wieseler, Schiirer, Stanton, Eeuss, Holtzmann,
Pfieiderer, Baldens perger, Salmon, Peter, Deane, Thomson,
Cheyne, De Faye (pp. 9-21). § 8. From a Hebrew Original
through the Medium of a Greek Translation (pp. 21, 22).
§ 9. The Object of Apocalyptic Literature (pp. 22-24).
§ to. The different Elements in the Book of Enoch, with
their respective Characteristics and Dates. This book a
fragmentary survival of an Enochic literature with large
additions from an Apocalypse of Noah, derived from at least
six authors. Part I (pp. 25, 26), i-xxxvi, before 170 B.C.,
mainly from the prophetic standpoint of such chapters as
Is. lxv, lxvi, but with a more developed eschatology. Part II
(pp. 26-28), lxxxiii-xc, written between 166-161 B.C., mainly
from the same standpoint as Daniel. An immense advance
on the naive and sensuous conceptions of i-xxxvi. The kingdom
to be introduced by the warlike efforts of Judas Macca-
baeus and to last for ever on earth. Part III (pp. 28, 29),
xci-civ, written between 134-94 B.C., introduces a world of
new conceptions in which the centre of interest has passed
from the material world to the spiritual ; the Messianic kingdom
has become merely of temporary duration, and heaven
itself, not the Messianic kingdom, has become the goal of the
hopes of the righteous. Part IV (pp. 29, 30), the Similitudes
xxxvii-lxx, written between 94-79 B.C. or 70-64 B.C. The
varying relations in which the Maccabees stood to the Chasid