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

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7*ke Book of Enoch.
lxxi. 15 whereas Sim. 5 ; Lev. 16 j Jud. 18; Zeb. 3; Napht.
4; Benj. 9 cannot be traced directly to any passage in the
Ethiopic Enoch. Reub. v and Napht. 3, though Enoch is
not directly mentioned, may be referred to En. vi-ix. 2.
From the second century onwards all knowledge of the
book of Enoch vanishes from Jewish literature with the
exception of a few references that are given by Jellinek in
the Zeitsckr. D. M. G., 1853, p. 249.
The Influence op Enoch on Patristic Literature.
Still adjourning the consideration of the New Testament
we find a large body of Christian testimonies. The Epistle
of Barnabas, written not many years after 70 a. d., cites Enoch
three times and twice as Scripture : iv. 3—rd riXewv orKavbaXov
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