The early Enoch literature / edited by Gabriele Boccaccini and John J. Collins.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 121.
• TeilnehmendeR: Boccaccini, Gabriele, 1958-; Collins, John Joseph, 1946-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, c2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 121.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 pages)
• Notes: "At the Venice meeting in 2003, a group of participants ... decided to plan an additional collection of essays on 'The Early Enoch Literature.' The intent was to summarize and intensify the results of the first two Enoch Seminars."

In recent years there has been a lively debate about the early Enoch literature and its place in Judaism. This volume is intended to represent that debate, by juxtaposing pairs of articles on several key issues: the textual evidence, the relationship to the Torah, the calendar, the relation to wisdom, the relation to the temple, the sociological setting and the relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is not the intention of the editors to impose a consensus, but rather to stimulate discussion by bringing together divergent viewpoints. The book should be a useful textbook not only on the Enoch literature and apocalypticism, but more generally on Second Temple Judaism.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Boccaccini and J.J. Collins -- Introduction. The Contemporary Renaissance Of Enoch Studies And The Enoch Seminar / Gabriele Boccaccini -- Mapping Second Temple Judaism / James C. Vanderkam -- The Book Of Enoch Or Books Of Enoch? The Textual Evidence For 1 Enoch / Michael A. Knibb -- The Early Traditions Related To 1 Enoch From The Dead Sea Scrolls: An Overview And Assessment / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- The Place Of The Torah In The Early Enoch Literature / Andreas Bedenbender -- Enochic Wisdom And Its Relationship To The Mosaic Torah / George W. E. Nickelsburg -- Measuring Time Among The Jews: The Zadokite Priesthood, Enochism, And The Lay Tendencies Of The Maccabean Period / Paolo Sacchi -- The Astral Laws As The Basis Of Time, Universal History, And The Eschatological Turn In The Astronomical Book And The Animal Apocalypse Of 1 Enoch / Klaus Koch -- Cosmic Laws And Cosmic Imbalance: Wisdom, Myth And Apocalyptic In Early Enochic Writings / Helge S. Kvanvig -- 1 Enoch And Ben Sira: Wisdom And Apocalypticism In Relationship / Benjamin G. Wright -- Wisdom And Counter-Wisdom In 4qinstruction, Mysteries And 1 Enoch / Eibert Tigchelaar -- Temples And The Temple In The Early Enoch Tradition: Memory, Vision, And Expectation / David W. Suter -- Temple And Priests In The Book Of The Watchers, The Animal Apocalypse And The Apocalypse Of Weeks / Martha Himmelfarb -- The Sociological Settings Of The Components Of 1 Enoch / Patrick Tiller -- \'Sitting By The Waters Of Dan, Or The \'Tricky Business\' Of Tracing The Social Profile Of The Communities That Produced The Earliest Enochic Texts / Pierluigi Piovanelli -- \'Enochic Judaism\' And The Sect Of The Dead Sea Scrolls / John J. Collins -- Enochians, Urban Essenes, Qumranites: Three Social Groups, One Intellectual Movement / Gabriele Boccaccini -- Conclusion. Mapping The Threads / Florentino García Martínez -- Enoch And The Enoch Tradition: A Bibliography, 2000–Present / James Waddell -- Index Of Authors / G. Boccaccini and J.J. Collins -- Index Of Passages / G. Boccaccini and J.J. Collins.