《《The book of Enoch》（以诺书）》狱蛇

9、Special Introduction 6

　　§ 6. THE NOACHIC FRAGMENTS

　　54: 7-55: 2; 60; 65-69: 25; 106-107. The object which these additions have is clear from their contents. In the rest of the book the final judgment had been sufficiently dwelt upon; but the first, that of the flood, had simply been prophesied, but not recorded. To supply this deficiency these fragments were added. And as Noah was the chief person in this judgment, he is made the medium of revelation, an office he holds by virtue of his piety, Gen. vi. 1 sqq. In addition to the account of the flood and matters related to it, the author dwells on the various secrets of nature, and by his cabalistic manner and fanciful explanations[1]forms a strange contrast to the rest of the book. He evidently seeks to imitate the author of the Parables, as the use of such expressions as “Ancient of Days,” “Satans,” “Angels of punishment,” “Son of man” (used of Noah, 60: 10), the special citation of the Parables, 68: 1, and other things sufficiently show. As to the time of composition nothing definite can be said, only that it is a Jewish work, without the least indication of a post-Christian origin, not even in 67: 7 sqq.[2] The language is, as the names of the angels, 69: sqq. and the different etymologies of the name Noah in 106-107 show, either Hebrew or Aramaic. As to a precise determination of the time when these different parts were united into one book of Enoch, no one could come to a decision, as this would have only the merit of a conjecture.

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　　[1] Cf. Notes.
　　[2] Cf. Notes.