1 Enoch 2: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 37-82 Contributor(s): Nickelsburg, George W. E. (Author), VanderKam, James C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0800698371 ISBN-13: 9780800698379 Publisher: Fortress Press OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Commentary - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General |
Series: Hermeneia: A Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible |
Physical Information: 1.71" H x 8.5" W x 9.46" (3.13 lbs) 640 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 1 Enoch presents interpreters with a complex knot of interrelated puzzles concerning the history of early Judaism, the trajectories of wisdom and apocalyptic traditions, and the role of astronomical observation in cosmological speculation-all tied up with the bewildering history of the book's composition and transmission, in different languages and manuscript traditions, over centuries. Two of the world's preeminent scholars offer masterful judgments on all of these questions out of the erudition gained over long and distinguished careers. The result is a remarkably lucid and accessible commentary that will be the definitive resource on 1 Enoch for decades. |