Siam Bhayro AOAT 322
The Shemihazah and Asael Narrative of 1 Enoch 6-11
ISBN 3-934628-62-1
Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary x + 295 pp.
with Reference to Ancient Near Eastern
and Biblical Antecedents 62,50 EUR

S. Bhayro provides the reader with a complete edition of the story which narrates the genesis and the fate of the race of giants. Each verse is presented in its various Ge'ez, Syriac, Greek and Aramaic editions and supplemented with extensive commentary to elaborate the history of the story's evolution as part of the "Book of Watchers" first attested in Qumran

Preface   vii
Contents    ix
Abbreviations    xi
1 Introduction     1
2 Date of Composition     7
3 The Structure of the Narrative   11
4 The Purpose of the Narrative   21
5 Provenance   41
6 Introduction to the Text   45
7 Text   55
8 Translation and Notes 117
9 Textual Analysis 219
10 Commentary 227
11 Bibliography 261
12 Indices 273

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