Aramaic: Sefer Hanokh
One of 11 Aramaic fragments of a composite
apocalypse previously known only in translation (Ethiopic, Greek) found
in Cave 4 at Qumran. Other fragments were found in 3 other caves. Some
small Greek fragments found in cave 7 (7Q4, 5, 8, 11) have also become the
center of recent scholarly debate over whether they are from early
Christian scriptures (Mark, James & I Timothy) or from I Enoch.
4 of the 5 sections
of 1 Enoch are represented by Qumran
fragments:
-
Book of Watchers [1 En
6-36]
-
Astronomical Book [1 En
72-82]
-
Dream Visions [1 Enoch
83-90], &
-
the Letter of Enoch [1 En
91-105].
But the absence of the Parables of
Enoch [1 En 37-71] at Qumran indicates that this portion of Ethiopic
Enoch was probably inserted into the text of the
apocalypse somewhere else.
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