1 Enoch was an important and popular text in ancient Judaism, well attested among the manuscripts at Qumran, and a key piece of the puzzle of the development of early Judaism and Christian origins. George W. E. Nickelsburg and James C. VanderKam have now revised their translation in conjunction with their publication of the complete two volumes on 1 Enoch in the Hermeneia commentary series. This is the only English translation of 1 Enoch that takes into consideration all of the textual data now available in the Ethiopic version and the Greek texts, in addition to the Dead Sea Aramaic fragments.
George W. E. Nickelsburgis Emeritus Professor of Religion at the University of Iowa, where he taught for more than three decades. He is the author of seventy articles and several hundred dictionary and encyclopedia entries. Among his many works are Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters (co-editor; 1986), Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah, 2nd ed. (Fortress Press, 2005), and Early Judaism: Texts and Documents on Faith and Piety, Revised Edition (co-editor; Fortress Press, 2009). James C. VanderKam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame. He has edited thirteen volumes in the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert and is a member of the editorial committee for the remaining unpublished Dead Sea scrolls. He is one of the two editors in chief of the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2000) and author of the prize-winning The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (1994), From Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature (2000), An Introduction to Early Judaism (2001), The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002), and From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile (Fortress, 2004). Prof. VanderKam is the former editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature.
Preface vii Abbreviations and Sigla ix Introduction 1 Contents of 1 Enoch 1 Translation 13 Bibliography 14 The Book of the Watchers (Chapters 1 - 36) 19 The Book of Parables (Chapters 37 - 71) 50 The Book of the Luminaries (Chapters 72 - 82) 96 Enoch's Dream Visions (Chapters 83 - 90) 116 Enoch's First Dream Vision: The Flood (Chapters 83 - 84) 116 Enoch's Second Dream Vision: The History of Humanity (Chapters 85 - 90) 119 A Narrative Bridge (Chapter 91:1-9, 18-19) 136 The Epistle of Enoch (Chapters 92 - 105) 138 The Birth of Noah (Chapters 106 - 107) 163 A Final Book by Enoch (Chapter 108) 167
