Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART ONE ESSAYS ON THE BOOK OF ENOCH

I. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch in Recent Research

II. The Book of Enoch or Books of Enoch? The Textual Evidence for 1 Enoch

III. Christian Adoption and Transmission of Jewish Pseudepigrapha: The Case of 1 Enoch

IV. Interpreting the Book of Enoch: Refl ections on a Recently Published Commentary

V. The Book of Enoch in the Light of the Qumran Wisdom Literature

VI. The Use of Scripture in 1 Enoch 17–19

VII. The Structure and Composition of the Parables of Enoch

VIII. The Date of the Parables of Enoch: A Critical Review

IX. The Translation of 1 Enoch 70:1: Some Methodological Issues

X. The Text-Critical Value of the Quotations from 1 Enoch in Ethiopic Writings

PART TWO ESSAYS ON EARLY JEWISH TEXTS AND TRADITIONS

XI. The Exile in the Literature of the Intertestamental Period

XII. Exile in the Damascus Document

XIII. Jubilees and the Origins of the Qumran Community

XIV. Perspectives on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: The Levi Traditions

XV. Apocalyptic and Wisdom in 4 Ezra

XVI. Isaianic Traditions in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

XVII. Messianism in the Pseudepigrapha in the Light of the Scrolls

XVIII. Eschatology and Messianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls

XIX. The Septuagint and Messianism: Problems and Issues

XX. Temple and Cult in Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal Writings from before the Common Era

XXI. Temple and Cult in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: Future Perspectives

Bibliography of Publications by Michael A. Knibb

Reference Index

Author Index