Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One 2 Enoch

No Longer “Slavonic” Only: 2 Enoch Attested in Coptic from Nubia

Text and Dating of 2 Enoch

The “Book of the Secrets of Enoch” (2 En): Between Jewish Origin and Christian Transmission. An Overview

The Provenance of 2 Enoch: A Philological Perspective. A Response to C. Böttrich’s Paper “The ‘Book of the Secrets of Enoch’ (2 En): Between Jewish Origin and Christian Transmission. An Overview”

2 Enoch: Manuscripts, Recensions, and Original Language

The Sacerdotal Traditions of 2 Enoch and the Date of the Text

Excavating 2 Enoch: The Question of Dating and the Sacerdotal Traditions

Content and Context of 2 Enoch

2 Enoch and the New Perspective on Apocalyptic

The Watchers of Satanail: The Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 Enoch

Patriarch, Prophet, Author, Angelic Rival: Exploring the Relationship of 1 Enoch to 2 Enoch in Light of the Figure of Enoch

Calendrical Elements in 2 Enoch

2 Enoch and Halakhah

Halakha, Calendars, and the Provenances of 2 Enoch

Part Two Adam, Enoch, and Melchizedek: Mediatorial Figures in Sesond Temple Judaism

Adamic Traditions

Adam as a Mediatorial Figure in Second Temple Jewish Literature

“Better Watch Your Back, Adam”: Another Adam and Eve Tradition in Second Temple Judaism

Adamic Traditions in 2 Enoch and in the Books of Adam and Eve

Adamic Traditions in Early Christian and Rabbinic Literature

Adamic Tradition in Slavonic Manuscripts (Vita Adae et Evae and Apocryphal Cycle about the Holy Tree)

Melchizedek Traditions

Melchizedek Traditions in Second Temple Judaism

Melchizedek at Qumran and in Judaism: A Response

Enoch and Melchizedek: The Concern for Supra-Human Priestly Mediators in 2 Enoch

Melchizedek in Some Early Christian Texts and 2 Enoch

“Much to Say and Hard to Explain” Melchizedek in Early Christian Literature, Theology, and Controversy

On Adam, Enoch, Melchizedek, and Eve

Bibliography on 2 Enoch

Index of Modern Authors