Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift

442 Pages·2013·2.37 MB·English

by  Darrell Bock

Jewish and Christian texts
in Contexts and related studies series
Executive Editor
James h. Charlesworth
Editorial Board of Advisors
Motti aviam, Michael davis, Casey elledge,
loren Johns, amy-Jill levine, lee Mcdonald,
lidija novakovic, Gerbern oegema, henry rietz, Brent strawn

ParaBles oF enoCh
a Paradigm shift
edited by
James h. Charlesworth
and darrell l. Bock
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Published in honor of luminaries who have shared our search
for the origin of the Parables of Enoch.
Matthew Black
ray Brown
Joseph Fitzmyer
walter harrelson
ephrem isaac
Michael Knibb
Klaus Koch
helge Kvanvig
Paolo sacchi
Michael stone
loren stuckenbruck
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Contents
Foreword ix
James H. Charlesworth
Preface xiii
James H. Charlesworth
the Contributors xix
abbreviations xxi
I. Son of Man: Scholarly Opinions 1

1. the son of Man debate revisited (1960–2012) 3
Geza A. Vermes
2. the son of Man in Mark 18
James D .G. Dunn
II. The Parables of Enoch: Are They Jewish and Prior to Jesus? 35

3. the date and Provenience of the Parables of Enoch 37
James H. Charlesworth
4. dating the Parables of Enoch: a Forschungsbericht 58
Darrell L. Bock
5. aramaic and Greek representations of the “son of Man” and
the importance of the Parables of Enoch 114
Paul Owen
6. Moses and enoch in second temple Jewish texts 124
James VanderKam and Dulcinea Boesenberg
7. the Book of enoch and the Galilean archaeology and
landscape 159
Mordechai Aviam
viii Contents
III. The Parables of Enoch and New Testament Theology 171
8. did Jesus Know the traditions in the Parables of Enoch? 173
James H. Charlesworth
9. Matthew and the Parables of Enoch 218
Grant Macaskill
10. the Parables of Enoch and the synoptic Gospels 231
Leslie Walck
11. the Parables of Enoch and the Johannine son of Man 269
Francis J. Moloney
12. the enochic son of Man and the apocalyptic Background of
the son of Man sayings in John’s Gospel 294
Benjamin E. Reynolds
13. the Building Blocks for enoch as the son of Man in the early
enoch tradition 315
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
14. the Parables of Enoch in early Christianity 329
Lee Martin McDonald
Conclusion 364
James H. Charlesworth and Darrell L. Bock
select Bibliography on “the son of Man” and the Parables of Enoch 373
the Fruits of 500 Years of research devoted to
early Jewish texts
James H. Charlesworth
Concerning the select Bibliography 376
Blake A. Jurgens
index 391