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Second Enoch: A Samaritan Apocalypse
Series: - Studia Judaeoslavica, Volume: 16
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This study marks a bold new departure in 2 Enoch studies. The book has long been regarded as one of the most baffling apocalypses to come down to us from antiquity. The present work argues that 2 Enoch was written by a 1st c. CE Samaritan author whose purpose was to incorporate the Enochic tradition into Samaritanism. By identifying Enoch as the “prophet like Moses” (Deut. 18:15, 18), both during his earthly past and in the eschatological future, the author of 2 Enoch hoped to combat the Dosithean heresy and also to persuade co-religionists to resume a full sacrificial cultus in the shadow of Mt. Gerizim.
Daniel C. Olson, Ph.D. (2010), now retired, was formerly Lecturer in Religious Studies at St. Mary’s College (Moraga, CA) and teacher at Live Oak Academy (Santa Clara, CA). He has published numerous books and articles on 1 Enoch, including
Enoch: A New Translation (BIBAL Press, 2004) and
A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch: ‘All Nations Shall be Blessed’ (Brill, 2013).
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1 Text and Date
2 Place
3 Organization of the Present Study
1 Samaritan Biblical Exegesis in 2 Enoch …
1 “The LORD Will Not Judge a Single Animal Soul” (2 En. 58:4)
2 The Avenger on the Day (2 En. 50:4)
3 Midrash on the Creation
4 The Missing Scriptures
5 The Missing Temples
2 Binding by Four Legs (2 En. 59:3–4; 69:12)
1 The Akedah
3 The Place Akhuzan (2 En. 64:2–3; 68:5; 69:3; 70:17; 71:35)
1 “The Meadow of Glory”
4 The Visible and the Invisible
5 The Guardians of the Land (2 En. 35:2)
6 Enoch as (the Samaritan) Moses
1 “Man of God”
2 “Who Carries Away Our Sins”
3 “Stand in Front of the Face of the LORD Forever”
4 “Like One of the Glorious Ones”
5 “I Saw the LORD”
7 A Samaritan Origin for the Exagoge of Ezekiel
1 Stronger Arguments
2 The Evidence of 2 En. 39:5–40:5
8 Further Signs of Samaritanism in 2 Enoch
1 The Watcher Myth
2 The Creation Midrash (2 En. 24:2–33:4)
3 Insulting the Face of God
4 Curses and Blessings
5 The Elders of the People (2 En. 57:1–2; 64:3; 69:1, 7–8, 11; 70:11)
6 Escape to Eden
7 The Essential Theology of 2 Enoch and Samaritanism
9 The Context of 2 Enoch: the Dosithean Controversies
1 To Sacrifice or Not to Sacrifice
2 The Lamp and the Tabernacle
3 The Place of Sacrifice
10 Dosithean Counterattack: the Asatir
1 A Tale of Two Ephods
2 A Tale of Two Altars
11 The Melchizedekian Priesthood
1 The Priestly Line in 2 Enoch: Three Peculiarities
2 Chains of Twelve Priests
Afterword
Appendix: Macaskill’s Entangled Enoch
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1 Text and Date
2 Place
3 Organization of the Present Study
Part 1: Evidence for Samaritan Authorship
1 Samaritan Biblical Exegesis in 2 Enoch …
1 “The LORD Will Not Judge a Single Animal Soul” (2 En. 58:4)
2 The Avenger on the Day (2 En. 50:4)
3 Midrash on the Creation
4 The Missing Scriptures
5 The Missing Temples
2 Binding by Four Legs (2 En. 59:3–4; 69:12)
1 The Akedah
3 The Place Akhuzan (2 En. 64:2–3; 68:5; 69:3; 70:17; 71:35)
1 “The Meadow of Glory”
4 The Visible and the Invisible
5 The Guardians of the Land (2 En. 35:2)
6 Enoch as (the Samaritan) Moses
1 “Man of God”
2 “Who Carries Away Our Sins”
3 “Stand in Front of the Face of the LORD Forever”
4 “Like One of the Glorious Ones”
5 “I Saw the LORD”
7 A Samaritan Origin for the Exagoge of Ezekiel
1 Stronger Arguments
2 The Evidence of 2 En. 39:5–40:5
8 Further Signs of Samaritanism in 2 Enoch
1 The Watcher Myth
2 The Creation Midrash (2 En. 24:2–33:4)
3 Insulting the Face of God
4 Curses and Blessings
5 The Elders of the People (2 En. 57:1–2; 64:3; 69:1, 7–8, 11; 70:11)
6 Escape to Eden
7 The Essential Theology of 2 Enoch and Samaritanism
Part 2: The Purposes of the Apocalypse
9 The Context of 2 Enoch: the Dosithean Controversies
1 To Sacrifice or Not to Sacrifice
2 The Lamp and the Tabernacle
3 The Place of Sacrifice
10 Dosithean Counterattack: the Asatir
1 A Tale of Two Ephods
2 A Tale of Two Altars
11 The Melchizedekian Priesthood
1 The Priestly Line in 2 Enoch: Three Peculiarities
2 Chains of Twelve Priests
Afterword
Appendix: Macaskill’s Entangled Enoch
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Scholars and graduate level students of Second Temple Jewish literature and scholars and graduate level students of Samaritanism, as well as students of the history of Yahwist religions in general. Libraries featuring such subject matter will want a copy.