Textual Evolution and Growth of the Enochic Theophany in the Book of the Watchers 1:1-9

Alexander McCarron, D.Phil. (2022), University of Oxford, previously taught Classical Hebrew and Ethiopic (Ge’ez) at Oxford. His research focus is on the Enochic Book of the Watchers, and he recently published an article on 4Q201 in Dead Sea Discoveries.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Textual Evolution and Growth of the Enochic Theophany in the Book of the Watchers 1:1–91 The Enochic Theophany in the Book of the Watchers2 Reading the Seams in the Enochic Oracle and the Book of the Watchers3 Scripture in the Enochic Theophany and Contemporary Scholarship4 The Enochic Theophany, the Pseudepigrapha, and Textual Vitality5 Traditionary Processes and the Evolution of the Enochic Theophany6 The Methodology, Parameters and Scope of the Study1 The Enochic Theophany in the Aramaic, Greek and Ethiopic Manuscripts and Fragments1 4QEna (4Q201) and 4QEnc (4Q204)2 Codex Panopolitanus, the Epistle of Jude 14b–15 and the Latin Quotations3 The Eth. I and Eth. II Manuscripts of Ethiopic Enoch2 The Aramaic Enochic Theophany in 4QEna (4Q201) and 4QEnc (4Q204)1 The Reconstruction and Restoration of the Aramaic Fragments of the Enochic Theophany2 The Enochic Superscription in 4QEna (BW 1:1)3 The Enochic Preamble in 4QEna (BW 1:2–3a)4 The Descent of God in 4QEna (BW 1:3b–4)5 The Ends of the Earth in 4QEna (BW 1:5–6)6 God’s Judgment in 4QEnc (BW 1:9)7 Conclusion3 The Greek Enochic Theophany in Codex Panopolitanus (GCP)1 The Enochic Superscription in GCP (BW 1:1) and Deuteronomy 33:12 The Enochic Preamble in GCP (1:2–3a) and Balaam and Noah3 The Descent of God in GCP (BW 1:3b–4) and the Hebrew Theophanies4 The Watchers and the Hidden Things in GCP (BW 1:5)5 The High Mountains, the High Hills, and Seismic Destruction in GCP (BW 1:6–7)6 The Fate of the Righteous and the Chosen in GCP (BW 1:8)7 The Language of the Enochic Theophany in GCP in Its Historical and Socio-Religious Context8 Conclusion4 The Enochic Theophany (BW 1:9) in Codex Panopolitanus, the Epistle of Jude 14b–15 and the Latin Versions1 The Relationship between the Greek and Latin Text-Types and Versions2 Parallels between GCP and Jude 14b–153 Conclusion5 The Enochic Theophany in the Eth. I Manuscripts and the Greek Vorlage of the Ethiopic1 The Translation of GEth into Ethiopic and the GCP Text-Type2 Tana 9 and the Enochic Theophany in the Eth. I Manuscripts3 The Language of the Earliest Recoverable Stratum of the Ethiopic Enochic Theophany4 Conclusion6 Textual Evolution and Growth in the Enochic Theophany in the Eth. I and Eth. II Manuscripts1 Lexical Manipulation – the Splitting and Flooding of the Earth in Ethiopic Enoch 1:7a2 Lexical Replacement – the Judgment of ‘All Flesh’ in Ethiopic Enoch 1:9d3 Interpolations in the Enochic Theophany4 ConclusionConcluding RemarksAppendix 1: BW 1:1–9 in Codex Panopolitanus Critical Text and TranslationAppendix 2: Ethiopic Enoch 1:1–9 (Eth.EIS) Critical Text and TranslationBibliographyIndex of Ancient TextsIndex of Modern AuthorsIndexof Subjects