I. Name

The enigmatic reference to Enoch in Genesis. 5.24 has generated a welter of speculation about his person and a range of literature attributed to him which is found in a variety of forms. Our knowledge of its early form has been transformed by the discovery of the fragments from Cave 4 at Qumran, many of which correspond to what we know as 1 Enoch. This apocalypse is extant in its complete version in Ethiopic and includes a variety of material from different periods (the chapters 37–71, which speak of the Son of M…