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The opening of 1 Enoch 37 resembles the Greek Septuagint translation of Isaiah, including its reference to a list of kings. Hellenistic Jewish traditions likely shaped this section of 1 Enoch.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
1 Enoch 37:1
Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses
1 The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom which Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw. 2 And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I raised my voice to speak and say to those who dwell on earth: Hear, you men of old time, and see, you who come after, the words of the Holy One which I will speak before the Lord of Spirits. 3 It would be better to declare them only to the men of old time, but even from those who come after, we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom.
Date: 300 BCE – 100 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
LXX Isaiah 1:1
Septuagint
1 The vision which Isaiah the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Judah, and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Uzziah, and Jotham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah, who reigned over Judea. 2 Hear, heaven, and listen, earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.
Date: 100–1 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... By inference, the superscription presents the book as a piece of prophecy, as is evident from its similarity to the wording of Isaiah 1:1... The LXX of Isaiah 1:1 is even closer to our Ethiopic, which can be retroverted... this similarity in word order might indicate that this verse in the Parables was translated into Greek with knowledge of Isaiah 1:1 LXX; see also the word order of Isaiah 13:1 in Hebrew..." ..."
George W. E. Nickelsburg, A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 37-82 (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012), 85.
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