Tradition and Composition in the Parables of Enoch (SBL Dissertation Series, No. 47)

David Winston Suter

ISBN 10: 0891303367 / ISBN 13: 9780891303367

Published by Society of Biblical Literature, 1979

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tradition and Composition in the Parables of Enoch (SBL Dissertation Series, No. 47)
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891303367
• ISBN 13: 9780891303367
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This dissertation began as a redaction-critical study of the myth of the fallen angels in 1 En. 6-11. In the course of research, however, the author concluded that the versions of the myth in the Parables of Enoch were not simply dependent on chapters 6-11 but provided evidence for the state of the tradition, evidence that, in spite of the later date of the Parables (first century A.D. by the author's estimation), had a bearing on the tradition-history behind chapters 6-11. The dissertation thus came to deal with the structure of the Parables itself, the role of the fallen-angel and Noachic material in it, and the relation of the Parables to tradition. [From the Preface]