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Fifty Years of Enoch Studies: A Survey of Major Publications and Trends of Research (1977-present)

Gabriele Boccaccini, Universty of Michigan

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The “Greek” Enoch

  • In 1606 Scaliger recovered and published the Greek fragments of Enoch from Syncellus.
  • Sgambati (1703) e Fabricius (1723) integrated the “Greek” Enoch of Syncellus with all extant “fragments” (in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Arabic).
  • The Enoch texts were translated into Latin and modern languages by various authors.
  • First commentaries: Pompeo Sarnelli (1710) e Daniele Manin (1820).

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In 1773-74 James Bruce brought �from Ethiopia four “Ethiopic” manuscripts:�one in Paris, one in Rome, and two in Oxford.

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From the �“Greek Enoch”�to the�“Ethiopic Enoch”�

From Richard Laurence to R.H. Charles: The Triumph of the Ethiopic Enoch.

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The “Aramaic Enoch” as�evidence of the “Ethiopic Enoch”

  • The announcement of the recovery of the Aramaic fragments in 1951 put “Enoch Studies in limbo.”
  • The publication of the Aramaic texts by Milik (1976) and the controversy about the absence of the Parables at Qumran

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New editions and translations

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Knibb (1978)

Black (1985)

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Texts &�Studies

  • Hartman (1979) – 1 En 1-4
  • Suter (1979) – Parables of Enoch
  • Neugebauer (1985) – Astronomical Book

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Enoch Becomes International

Italian translation (Fusella & Sacchi, 1981)

German translation (Uhlig, 1984)

Spanish translation (Corriente & Pinero, 1984)

French translation (Caquot, 1987)

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Enoch: From Book �to Tradition

  • Sacchi (1979 & 1990 [ET 1996])
  • VanderKam (1984 & 1994)

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The Place of Enoch in Second Temple Judaism

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  • Stone (1980) -- Collins (1984)
  • Sacchi (1994 [ET 2000]) – Boccaccini (1998)

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Studies & Commentaries

  • Tiller (1993) – Animal Apocalypse
  • Chiala’ (1997) – Parables of Enoch
  • Stuckenbruck (1997) – Book of Giants

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Reception History

  • Laycock (1978)
  • Adler (1989)
  • Adler & VanderKam (1995)

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Enoch in 2000s

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The Enoch Seminar (2001-)

Boccaccini (2002) – Boccaccini (2005) – Boccaccini / Collins (2007) – Boccaccini (2007) – Boccaccini / Ibba (2009)

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Commentaries �& Translations

  • Nickelsburg & VanderKam (2001) – 1 Enoch
  • Nickelsburg & VanderKam (2004) – 1 Enoch
  • Olson (2004) – 1 Enoch

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Texts

  • Bautch (2003) – 1 Enoch 17-19
  • Bhayro (2005) – 1 Enoch 6-11
  • Stuckenbruck (2007) – Epistle of Enoch
  • Ben-Dov (2008) – Astronomical Book

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Enochic Judaism

  • Boccaccini (2001)

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  • Jackson (2004)

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Fallen Angels �& Evil Spirits

  • Auffarth & Stuckenbruck (2004)
  • Wright (2005)
  • Reed (2005)

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Enoch in 2010s

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Enoch and the �New Testament

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  • Walck (2011) -- Waddell (2011)
  • Boyarin (2012) – Richter (2012)
  • Stuckenbruck & Boccaccini (2017)

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Texts & Translations

- Drawnel (2011)

- Olson (2013)

- Drawnel (2017)

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Fallen Angels

  • Sullivan (2011) – Asprem (2012)
  • Harkins, Butch, Endres (2014) –

Stuckenbruck (2014)

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Enoch in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period�

Reed / Reeves (2018)

Boccaccini (2019)

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Enoch in 2020s

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Enoch in 2020s: �Texts & Traditions

  • Arcari (2020) – Bokhorst (2021)
  • Machiela (2023) – Dugan (2023)

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Enoch in 2020s: Enoch, Jesus, �and Paul

Boccaccini (2020) -- Scott (2021)

Stewart (2022) – Latifaga (2022)

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Enoch in 2020s: Reception History

  • Reed (2020) – Asale (2020)
  • Gebreananye / Logan / Watson (2020)
  • Hessayon / Reed / Boccaccini (2023)

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