The Ethiopian Book of Enoch in modern Ethiopic scholarship
- Date of account
- 1947–1969
- Location
- Ethiopia, especially Addis Ababa and Ethiopian Orthodox scholarly circles
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Ethiopic transmission of 1 Enoch remained central to modern study of a Jewish apocalyptic work preserved most fully in Ge’ez. During this period, Ethiopian manuscripts, church traditions, and expanding academic access supported comparisons among Ethiopic, Greek, Aramaic, and later scholarly witnesses. The text includes heavenly journeys, angelic beings, calendrical disputes, and judgment visions, making it important for cross-cultural analysis of apocalyptic motifs. Questions remain about manuscript relationships, translation layers, and the distinction between ecclesial use and modern academic categorization.
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