Rediscovering Enoch? : the antediluvian past from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries / edited by Ariel Hessayon, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Gabriele Boccaccini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hessayon, Ariel, editor.

Reed, Annette Yoshiko, 1973- editor.

Boccaccini, Gabriele, 1958- editor.

Series:

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha ; 0169-8125 v. 27.

Studia in veteris testamenti pseudepigrapha, 0169-8125 ; volume 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethiopic book of Enoch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Ethiopic book of Enoch.

Slavonic book of Enoch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Slavonic book of Enoch.

Hebrew book of Enoch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Hebrew book of Enoch.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"The books of Enoch are famed for having been "lost" in the Middle Ages but "rediscovered" by modern scholars. But was this really the case? This volume is the first to explore the reception of Enochic texts and traditions between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Bringing specialists in antiquity into conversation with specialists in early modernity, it reveals a much richer story with a more global scope. Contributors show how Enoch and the era before the Flood were newly reimagined, not just by scholars, but also by European artists and adventurers, Kabbalists, Sufis, Mormons, and Ethiopian and Slavonic Christians"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Annette Yoshiko Reed, Ariel Hessayon, and Gabriele Boccaccini

Part 1. European traditions and trajectories before James Bruce's "Discovery" and its impact. 1. Enoch lost and found? Rethinking Enochic reception in the Middle Ages / Annette Yoshiko Reed ; 2. The Book of Enoch in relation to the premodern Christian doctrines of spiritual beings / Euan Cameron ; 3. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Enoch, and hermetism / Giulio Busi ; 4. Earliest commentaries on 1 Enoch before Laurence Pompeo Sarnelli (1710) and Daniele Manin (1820) / Gabriele Boccaccini ; 5. Enoch and the genesis of freemasonry / Tobias Churton ; 6. Blake's Enoch before the Book of Enoch / Francis Borchardt ; 7. Enoch in the tradition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) / Jared W. Ludlow

Part 2. Revisiting James Bruce's "Discovery" and its impact. 8. James Bruce's illusory "Book of Enoch the Prophet" / Ted M. Erho ; 9. James Bruce and his copies of Ethiopic Enoch / Ariel Hessayon ; 10. A "rich and unparalleled collection" : the afterlives of James Bruce's manuscripts and drawings / Ariel Hessayon ; 11. When Enoch left Ethiopia : on race and philological (im)possibilities in the nineteenth century / Elena Dugan

Part 3. Enoch beyond Europe. 12. The reception and function of 1 Enoch in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition / Ralph Lee ; 13. The archangel Uriel in 1 Enoch and other Ethiopian texts / Daniel Assefa ; 14. Scales of creation or scales of judgment? Variant readings for parables of Enoch 41 and 43 / Robert G. Hall ; 15. Heavenly exiles and earthly outcasts : Enochic concepts of hermetic knowledge and proscribed lore in Parabiblica Slavica (fifteenth–nineteenth centuries) / Florentina Badalanova Geller ; 16. Enoch as Idrīs in early modern Ottoman Sufi writings : two case studies / Kameliya Atanasova ; 17. Why Enoch did not die : the soul construction of Enoch in the Zohar and sixteenth-century kabbalah / Shaul Magid

Appendix: The earliest English translations and synopses of Ethiopic Enoch (1770–1820) / Ariel Hessayon.

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Annette Yoshiko Reed, Ariel Hessayon and Gabriele Boccaccini

Part 1: European Traditions and Trajectories before James Bruce's "Discovery" and Its Impact

1 Enoch Lost and Found?

Rethinking Enochic Reception in the Middle Ages

Annette Yoshiko Reed

2 The Book of Enoch in Relation to the Premodern Christian Doctrines of Spiritual Beings

Euan Cameron

3 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Enoch, and Hermetism

Giulio Busi

4 Earliest Commentaries on 1 Enoch before Laurence

Pompeo Sarnelli (1710) and Daniele Manin (1820)

Gabriele Boccaccini

5 Enoch and the Genesis of Freemasonry

Tobias Churton

6 Blake's Enoch before the Book of Enoch

Francis Borchardt

7 Enoch in the Tradition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism)

Jared W. Ludlow

Part 2: Revisiting James Bruce's "Discovery" and Its Impact

8 James Bruce's Illusory "Book of Enoch the Prophet"

Ted M. Erho

9 James Bruce and His Copies of Ethiopic Enoch

Ariel Hessayon

10 A "Rich and Unparalleled Collection"

The Afterlives of James Bruce's Manuscripts and Drawings

11 When Enoch Left Ethiopia

On Race and Philological (Im)possibilities in the Nineteenth Century

Elena Dugan

Part 3: Enoch beyond Europe

12 The Reception and Function of 1 Enoch in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tradition

Ralph Lee

13 The Archangel Uriel in 1 Enoch and Other Ethiopian Texts

Daniel Assefa

14 Scales of Creation or Scales of Judgment?

Variant Readings for Parables of Enoch 41 and 43

Robert G. Hall

15 Heavenly Exiles and Earthly Outcasts

Enochic Concepts of Hermetic Knowledge and Proscribed Lore in Parabiblica Slavica (Fifteenth-Nineteenth Centuries)

Florentina Badalanova Geller

16 Enoch as Idrīs in Early Modern Ottoman Sufi Writings

Two Case Studies

Kameliya Atanasova

17 Why Enoch Did Not Die

The Soul Construction of Enoch in the Zohar and Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah

Shaul Magid

Appendix: The Earliest English Translations and Synopses of Ethiopic Enoch (1770-1820)

Ariel Hessayon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version : Rediscovering Enoch?

ISBN:

9789004529793

9004529799

OCLC:

1368273991