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{en} Kelley Coblentz Bautch. A Study of the Geography of 1 Enoch 17-19: No One Has Seen What I Have Seen. Leiden: Brill, 2003 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 81).

Abstract

"Study of the Geography of 1 Enoch 17-19 examines the travels of the patriarch Enoch who is given a guided tour of extraordinary and at times terrifying places located throughout the cosmos. Coblentz Bautch clarifies the text of 1 Enoch 17-19 by explaining how the sites described relate to one another geographically and by reconstructing the mental map of the geography that lies behind the textual descriptions. Especially provocative is the consideration of sources from the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible and the world of Hellenistic Judaism that may have informed the world view of 1 Enoch 17-19 and parallel traditions. Through this study an important facet of apocalypses is illumined: their portrayal of geography and sacred space."--Publisher description.

Contents

• Preface: Geography in the Otherworldy Journeys of Enoch
• 1. Preliminary determinations
• 2. Description of the geography of 1 Enoch 17-19
  • 1. Description of the geography of 1 Enoch 17:1-3: the Mountain of God and Place of luminaries
  • 2. Description of the geography of 1 Enoch 17:4-8: the Great Darkness and Waterways
  • 3. Description of the geography of 1 Enoch 18:1-9: the Four Winds and the Seven Mountains
  • 4. Description of the geography of 1 Enoch 18:9-19:3: the Prison of the Stars and Angels
• 3. Making sense of the geography of 1 Enoch 17-19
  • 1. Putting it all together: mapping the world of 1 Enoch 17-19
  • 2. Comparable geographical data and parallels in Israelite and Jewish traditions
  • 3. Comparable geographical data and parallels in ancient Near Eastern and Greek traditions
  • 4. Cosmology and geography in the Enochic corpus and in the Second Temple period and late antique traditions
• 4. Conclusion of the study of the geography of 1 Enoch 17-19
• Appendix: Text Critical Issues

Reviews

• 2005 - Review of Biblical literature / James Scott / (online)
• 2005 - Review of Biblical literature / John Whitley / (online)

External links

• Google Books (partial text)