What is it about?
The article compares a textual variant in Greek and Old Ethiopic version of 1 Enoch 5:8 and claims that the latter contains the earliest reading while the former contains a later Christian interpolation.
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The article demonstrates that in text-critical reconstruction of ancient texts different aspects should be taken into account, not necessarily the age of the version in question.
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In the study of 1 Enoch one should take more seriously the complexity of the ancient version in which the composition is preserved.
Fiodar Litvinau
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
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This page is a summary of: A note on the Greek and Ethiopic text of 1 Enoch 5:8, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, September 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0951820719875726.
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