Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on sexuality : attitudes towards sexuality in the early Enoch literature, the Aramaic Levi document, and the Book of Jubilees / William Loader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loader, William R. G., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Sex.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethiopic book of Enoch.

Book of Jubilees.

Levi document.

Apocryphal books.

Physical Description:

viii, 350 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.

Summary:

Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality marks a first stage in William Loader's research on attitudes toward sexuality in Judaism and Christianity of the Hellenistic Greco-Roman era. Loader first discusses the early Enoch literature relevant to the theme, focusing on the impact of an ancient myth on the writings and examining how sexual deeds are not here concerned with sexual wrongdoing. He then examines the weight of such wrongdoing in the priestly instruction of the fragmentary Aramaic Levi Document as a whole. He finally considers Jubilees as a cumulative work, building on both the Enoch tradition and the instruction of Levi, and reveals a range of devices warning against sexual depravity. Loader's aim throughout is to interpret the works from within, examining literary form, context, sequence, and tradition and redaction, reflecting engagement with current research in this area.

Contents:

Part 1 Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Early Enoch Literature 5

1.1 The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36) 6

1.1.1 1 Enoch 1-5 6

1.1.2 1 Enoch 6-11 8

1.1.3 1 Enoch 12-16 26

1.1.4 Comparing 1 Enoch 6-11 and 1 Enoch 12-16 32

1.1.5 Setting and Purpose of 1 Enoch 6-11 and 12-16 39

1.1.6 Tradition in 1 Enoch 6-11 and 12-16 49

1.1.7 1 Enoch 17-19 53

1.1.8 1 Enoch 20-36 55

1.2 The Book of Dream Visions (1 Enoch 83-90) 60

1.2.1 The First Vision (1 Enoch 83-84) 60

1.2.2 The Animal Vision (1 Enoch 85:1-90:42) 60

1.3 Other early Enoch material in 1 Enoch 66

1.3.1 The Epistle of Enoch (1 Enoch 92-105) 66

1.3.2 The Birth of Noah (1 Enoch 106-107) 71

1.4 Review 77

1.5 The Book of Giants 81

Part 2 Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Aramaic Levi Document 87

2.1 Levi and the Shechem Incident (1:1-3/1c 2) 88

2.2 Women who bring desecration (4Q213a [4QLevi[superscript b] ar] 3-4/3a) 91

2.3 The Prayer of Levi (3:1-18/1a:1-19) 95

2.4 Isaac Instructs Levi on Sexual Wrongdoing and Marriage (6:1-5/14-18) 95

2.5 Levi's Marriage and Family (10:1-12:9/62-81) 103

2.6 Wisdom Poem 13:1-16/82-98 and Future Predictions (4Q213 [4QLevi[superscript a]ar] 1 ii.12-19; 2 9-16; 3, 4, 5 and 4Q214 [4QLevi[superscript d] ar] 3/99-104) 106

Part 3 Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Book of Jubilees 113

3.1.1 The Prologue and Introduction (1:1-29) 115

3.1.2 Warnings about Sexual Wrongdoing in Jubilees 23 and 50 121

3.2 Warnings about Sexual Wrongdoing 125

3.2.1 The Watchers 126

3.2.2 Ham Uncovers his Father's Nakedness (7:7-25) 146

3.2.3 Stories of Abraham 150

3.2.3.1 Abram, Sarai and Pharaoh (13:11-15) 150

3.2.3.2 Abraham and Circumcision (15:11-34) 152

3.2.3.3 The Destruction of Sodom (16:5-9) and the Sin of Lot (16:8) 153

3.2.4 Issues of Intermarriage and the Rape of Dinah 155

3.2.4.1 Warnings about Intermarriage 155

3.2.4.2 The Rape of Dinah 165

3.2.4.3 Intermarriage in the Rest of Jubilees 176

3.2.5 Reuben and Bilhah 196

3.2.6 Joseph and Adultery 200

3.2.7 The Speeches of Noah and the Patriarchs 204

3.2.7.1 Noah Instructs his Sons and Grandsons (7:20-39) 205

3.2.7.2 The Speeches of Abraham 207

3.2.7.2.1 Abraham's Blesses Jacob (1) (19:15-31) 208

3.2.7.2.2 Abraham Instructs his Sons and their Families (20:1-13) 208

3.2.7.2.3 Abraham Instructs Isaac (21:1-26) 209

3.2.7.2.4 Abraham Blesses Jacob (2) (22:10-24) and Abraham Blesses Jacob (3) (22:27-30) 210

3.2.7.3 Rebecca's Instructions, Blessings and Advice 211

3.2.7.3.1 Rebecca Warns Jacob about Canaanite Women (25:1-3) and Jacob Responds (25:4-10) 211

3.2.7.3.2 Rebecca Gives Thanks for Jacob (25:11-14) and Blesses him (25:15-23) 213

3.2.7.4 The Blessing of Levi and of Judah by Isaac 214

3.2.7.5 Rebecca speaks of Jacob and Esau with Isaac 215

3.2.8 The Language of Sexual Wrongdoing 216

3.3 Other Aspects related to Sexuality in Jubilees 236

3.3.1 Creation and Marriage 236

3.3.2 The Patriarchs and their Wives 249

3.3.2.1 Abraham and Sarah 249

3.3.2.2 Rebecca and Isaac 255

3.3.2.3 Jacob, Leah, and Rachel 262

3.3.3 Sexuality in Sacred Space and Time: Eden and Beyond 275.

Notes:

"Attitudes towards sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman era"--P. [i].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780802825834

0802825834

OCLC:

145732314