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The Ethiopic Book of Enoch: A New Edition in the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments; Volume 1, Text and Apparatus, Volume 2, Introduction, Translation and Commentary
by Knibb, Michael A.; Ullendorff, Edward; John Rylands University Library of Manchester
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0198261632
- ISBN 13
- 9780198261636
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Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Second Edition. Cloth. 0198261632 . KB6...xiii + 428 pp + 260 pp. First pub. 1978, reprinted 1982. Octavos. Dark blue cloth with dull gilt to spine. Condition of this 2 volume set is very good. Covers show minor wear, interiors have neat owner stamp on inside front cover and bottom of title page, otherwise clean and tight. A nice set. This work offers a new edition (volume 1) and translation (volume 2) of the Ethiopic text of Enoch. The edition is based on Rylands Ethiopic MS. 23, and full account has been taken of the Aramaic fragments of Enoch that were discovered at Qumran. The intention is to present the sum total of the evidence for the text of Enoch in as clear a way as possible. Contents include Note on the Apparatus; Abbreviations; List of Sigla; Text; Additions and Corrections; Appendix (List of Unique Readings in Lake Tana Ethiopic MS.9) ; Vol. 2; Abbreviations; Introduction; Previous Editions of the Ethiopic Text of Enoch; The Aramaic Fragments of the Book of Enoch; The Greek Version of the BofE; The Ethiopic Version of the BofE; The Versions Underlying the Ethiopic Text of Enoch; A Note on the Translation; Bibliography; Translation; Reference Index; Author Index. Fascinating and very hard to find, a scholarly look at one of the most important of the Pseudepigrapha, one that has influenced Jewish mystics, as well as the patristics and the literature of the New Testament, particularly Revelations. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Title
- The Ethiopic Book of Enoch: A New Edition in the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments; Volume 1, Text and Apparatus, Volume 2, Introduction, Translation and Commentary
- Author
- Knibb, Michael A.; Ullendorff, Edward; John Rylands University Library of Manchester
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0198261632
- ISBN 13
- 9780198261636
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0198261632, ETHIOPIC, Enoch, Bible, Biblical_pseudepigrapha;, Dead_sea_scrolls, Aramaic, Syriac
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica; Religion - Bible Study; Languages - Semitic;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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