Second Enoch: A Samaritan Apocalypse
Author | : Daniel C. Olson |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2024-10-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004714519 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004714510 |
Rating | : 4/5 (510 Downloads) |
Download or read book Second Enoch: A Samaritan Apocalypse written by Daniel C. Olson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study marks a bold new departure in 2 Enoch studies. The book has long been regarded as one of the most baffling apocalypses to come down to us from antiquity. The present work argues that 2 Enoch was written by a 1st c. CE Samaritan author whose purpose was to incorporate the Enochic tradition into Samaritanism. By identifying Enoch as the “prophet like Moses” (Deut. 18:15, 18), both during his earthly past and in the eschatological future, the author of 2 Enoch hoped to combat the Dosithean heresy and also to persuade co-religionists to resume a full sacrificial cultus in the shadow of Mt. Gerizim.