judge

Are there many theories as to when the book of enoch was written?

Which is regarded as the best one?

thanks

spin

The book of Enoch is a complex work made up of five different works, four of which were already written by the time of the community which used the Dead Sea Scrolls, where they circulated separately. The fifth section, called the Parables or Similitudes was written later and perhaps by a xian community (it features a form of the son of man title).

The first section, the book of the Watchers, is considered to have been written circa 200 BCE. It may feature a conflict within the Jewish priesthood.

The third section is the Astronomy Book, which features a solar calendar replacing the Persian 360 day calendar. It is believed to be the earliest part.

The fourth section contains the Animal Apocalypse, which includes allusions to Judas Maccabaeus, so it was written before 160 BCE.

The fifth section contains more miscellaneous stuff, usually called the Epistle of Enoch, and dating clues are not readily apparent, so all we can say was that it was written before the Qumran text deposit.

When the Enochian pentateuch was compiled into one volume is hard to say. The Ethiopic text gives no clues.


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offa

my opinion, everything we have today belongs to the maccabees.
maybe it was the queen mother Alexandria (Salome) who erased the existing and replaced it with her contemporary (c. 110 bc). It was not etched in stone. Let us have a scholar who wants to prove what WAS written, let's say, 201 b.c. And please give archeolgy evidence and other that can prove a difference. I mean, Genesis for example. Let's not make it arguative in this he says she says forum. Try King's, was it rewritten?

spin

Sorry, offa, but I couldn't understand much of what you are saying, in that it seems too concentrated without enough contextual hints for what you are referring to and how it relates to the topic at hand.

For example, what are you referring to with "everything we have today"? Why "queen mother"? How do you know about her "erasing" anything much? If the Alexandra you mention is the wife of Alexander Jannaeus, that would deal with a period after 100 BCE. And so on.


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