Essays on the Book of Enoch and Other Early Jewish Texts and Traditions

This volume brings together twenty-one essays by Michael Knibb on the "Book of Enoch" and on other Early Jewish texts and traditions, which were originally published in a wide range of journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings and thematic collections. A number of the essays are concerned with the issues raised by the complex textual history and literary genesis of 1 Enoch, but the majority are concerned with the interpretation of specific texts or with themes such as messianism. The essay