Enoch the Explorer: 1 Enoch 17–36 in Its Hellenistic Context.

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  • Author(s): Kosmin, Paul J.
  • Source:
    Journal of Biblical Literature. 2024, Vol. 143 Issue 1, p67-83. 17p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      PATRIARCHS (Bible); ENOCH (Biblical figure); APOCALYPTIC literature (Jewish literature); ANCIENT geography; THEOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      The journeys undertaken by the antediluvian patriarch Enoch, in 1 Enoch 17–36, engage closely with a well-known contemporary practice of Hellenistic courts: the dispatching of expeditions of exploration. Such reframing can situate this early Jewish apocalypse more fully within its third-century BCE intellectual, cultural, and political ecosystem and also make space for Judean thought in the history of ancient geography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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