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'''Enochic Judaism'''
'''Enochic Judaism'''
''Enoch Circles'' denotes the communities behind the composition of the Enoch literature. Since texts attributed to Enoch were composed during the entire Second Temple Period (from the end of the 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE) and
the texts themselves made reference to sone sort of communities of the chosen. as Nickelsburg; Where there is a community of text there is a community of people. Many scholars agree that the Enoch text testify to the existence of a "distinctive" variety of Judaism, although his was not associated to a particular halakha
Very questionable is also the priestly character of this group. Some see in Enoch obvious priestly element, some are more skeptical (Collins).
Some scholars have associated Enoch circles to some sort of connection with the urban Essene, emphasising the contiguity between Essene, some prefer to talk of completely autonomous apocalyptic groups (Collins).
Location in Galilee (Suter, Nickelsburg, Charlesworth)


==Overview==
==Overview==
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* "Qumran and the Enoch Groups: Revisiting the Enochic-Essene Hypothesis" / [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] / In: [[The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2006 Charlesworth), edited volume]] 37-66
* "Qumran and the Enoch Groups: Revisiting the Enochic-Essene Hypothesis" / [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] / In: [[The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2006 Charlesworth), edited volume]] 37-66


* "Priestly Purity, Mosaic Torah and the Emergence of Enochic Judaism" / [[Grant Macaskill]] / In: [[Henoch]] 29.1 (2007) 67-89 // Macaskill argues that Enochic Judaism emerged (in the 4th or 3rd cent. BCE) in response to the intermarriage of priests and did not view the Mosaic Tosah as a competing tradition.
* "Priestly Purity, Mosaic Torah and the Emergence of Enochic Judaism" / [[Grant Macaskill]] / In: [[Henoch]] 29.1 (2007) 67-89 // Macaskill argues that Enochic Judaism emerged (in the 4th or 3rd cent. BCE) in response to the intermarriage of priests and did not view the Mosaic Torah as a competing tradition.


* "How Distinctive was Enochic Judaism?" / [[John J. Collins]] / In: Meghillot - Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls V-VI (2007) 17-34
* "How Distinctive was Enochic Judaism?" / [[John J. Collins]] / In: Meghillot - Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls V-VI (2007) 17-34
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* "1 Enoch--Complementary or Alternative to Mosaic Torah?" / [[Paul Heger]] / In: JSJ 41 (2010) 29-62
* "1 Enoch--Complementary or Alternative to Mosaic Torah?" / [[Paul Heger]] / In: JSJ 41 (2010) 29-62


==External links==
==External links==

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Enochic Judaism

Enoch Circles denotes the communities behind the composition of the Enoch literature. Since texts attributed to Enoch were composed during the entire Second Temple Period (from the end of the 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE) and the texts themselves made reference to sone sort of communities of the chosen. as Nickelsburg; Where there is a community of text there is a community of people. Many scholars agree that the Enoch text testify to the existence of a "distinctive" variety of Judaism, although his was not associated to a particular halakha

Very questionable is also the priestly character of this group. Some see in Enoch obvious priestly element, some are more skeptical (Collins).

Some scholars have associated Enoch circles to some sort of connection with the urban Essene, emphasising the contiguity between Essene, some prefer to talk of completely autonomous apocalyptic groups (Collins).

Location in Galilee (Suter, Nickelsburg, Charlesworth)

Overview

References (articles)

  • "The Enochic Pentateuch" / G.H. Dix / In: JTS 27 (1926) 29-42
  • "Enochism, Qumranism and apocalyptic: Some Thoughts on a Recent book / Paolo Sacchi / In: Henoch 20.3 (1998) 357-365
  • "Priestly Purity, Mosaic Torah and the Emergence of Enochic Judaism" / Grant Macaskill / In: Henoch 29.1 (2007) 67-89 // Macaskill argues that Enochic Judaism emerged (in the 4th or 3rd cent. BCE) in response to the intermarriage of priests and did not view the Mosaic Torah as a competing tradition.
  • "How Distinctive was Enochic Judaism?" / John J. Collins / In: Meghillot - Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls V-VI (2007) 17-34
  • "Zadokite Judaism, Enochic Judaism und Qumran: zur aktuellen Diskussion um G. Boccaccinis Beyond the Essene Hypothesis / Matthias Albani / In: Apokalyptik und Qumran (2007) 85-101
  • "1 Enoch--Complementary or Alternative to Mosaic Torah?" / Paul Heger / In: JSJ 41 (2010) 29-62


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