Enoch and the Mosaic Torah: The Evidence of Jubilees
The
early Enoch literature does not refer to the Mosaic Torah or emphasize
the distinctively Mosaic laws designed for Israel. But the book of
Jubilees gives room to both Mosaic and Enochic traditions within the
Sinaitic revelatory framework. What, then, should we make of such
differences? / This question and related speculations were on the minds
of scholars gathered from around the world at the fourth Enoch Seminar
at Camaldoli, Italy, in July 2007. Four tendencies emerged from the
discussion at the seminar. Some scholars claimed that Jubilees was a
direct product of Enochic Judaism with subordinated Mosaic features.
Some suggested that Jubilees was a conscious synthesis of Enochic and
Mosaic tradition, yet remaining autonomous from both. Some asserted that
Jubilees was essentially a Mosaic text with some Enochic influence. And
others questioned the very existence of a gulf between Enochic and
Mosaic traditions as competing forms of Judaism at the time of Jubilees.
/ Gabriele Boccaccini and Giovanni Ibba have carefully collected the
countervailing views into this volume. What readers will find here is a
lively debate among the most distinguished international specialists,
together striving for a better understanding of a puzzling ancient
document.
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