A note on the Greek and Ethiopic text of 1 Enoch 5:8
Greek and Ethiopic versions of 1 Enoch 5:8 preserve a different text at the end of the passage. This note aims to demonstrate the superiority of the Ethiopic text of 1 En. 5:8 over the version preserved in Codex Panapolitanus by arguing that the Greek reading must be treated as a scribal addition in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-35 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Enoch
/ Greek language
/ Ethiopians
/ Gnosis
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CA Christianity HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
1 Enoch
B Textual Criticism B Henoch 5,8 B Wisdom B Ethiopic book of Enoch B Codex Panapolitanus B Äthiopisch B Nag Hammadi Codices |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Greek and Ethiopic versions of 1 Enoch 5:8 preserve a different text at the end of the passage. This note aims to demonstrate the superiority of the Ethiopic text of 1 En. 5:8 over the version preserved in Codex Panapolitanus by arguing that the Greek reading must be treated as a scribal addition influenced by Gnostic terminology. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0951820719875726 |
