Chapter 9 Behind the Names ʿYryn, Gbryn, Nplyn: Protagonists of the Earliest Tradition of the Watchers

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The Aramaic Books of Enoch and Related Literature from Qumran

Proceedings of the International Online Conference Organized by the Center for the Study of Second Temple Judaism of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, in Cooperation with Enoch Seminar, 20–22 October 2020

Series:  Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume: 216
Cover The Aramaic Books of Enoch and Related Literature from Qumran
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Brill
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08 May 2024
Front Matter
Introduction Józef Tadeusz Milik and the Aramaic Books of Enoch from Qumran
Part 1 Philology and Linguistics
Part 2 Astronomical Book (4Q208–4Q211 and 1 Enoch 72–82)
Part 3 Book of the Watchers
Part 4 Related Literature
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