Enochic Judaism

David R. Jackson is head of Biblical Studies at the William Carey Christian School, Victoria, Australia.

Review ~ International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05

• Contents; Abbreviations; Part A: Introduction; Chapter 1: Seeking a Definition; Chapter 2: Paradigms and Paradigm Exemplars; The Enochic 'Paradigm'; "'Antilanguage'; Three Defining Paradigm Exemplars; Part B: Three Paradigm Exemplars; Chapter 3: The Shemikhazah Exemplar: Ethnic Deviation; The Books of Enoch; The Book of Giants; Jubilees; The Genesis Apocryphon; Other Noahic Narratives from Qumran; The Damascus Rule; Tobit; The Use of the Exemplar by the Yakhad; Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; The Book of Parables; Other Jewish Literature of the Second Temple; Period; After the Fall of Jerusalem 70-135 C.E.; Chapter 4: The 'Aza'el Exemplar: Cultural Deviation; Introduction; The Books of Enoch; The Book of Giants; Jubilees; The Testament of Levi and other Qumran; Testaments; The Genesis Apocryphon; The Temple Scroll; Varieties of Special Revelation; The Revelation/Wisdom Belonging to the Demons; Other Witnesses to a Secret Canon; The Book of Parables; Chapter 5: The Cosmic Exemplar: Liturgical Deviation; Introduction; The Cosmology of the Books of Enoch; The Cosmology of Jubilees; Cosmology in the Qumran Literature; The 364-Day Calendar; Cosmic Regularity and Liturgy; Cosmic Regularity and 'Anniversaries'; Cosmic Regularity and History; Cosmic Regularity and Eschatology; The Enochic Schema after 70 C.E.; Excursus 1: The Origins of the Enochic Calendar and Jaubert's Hypothesis; Excursus 2: The Book of Parables (1 Enoch 37-71); Excursus 3: The Calendar and Ben Sira; Part C: Conclusion; Appendix 1: The 364-day Qumran Calendar; Appendix 2: Data Table; Bibliography