The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, July 1st, 2003
GEORGE W. E. NICKELSBURG, 1 Enoch 1 (Hermeneia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001). Pp. xxxviii + 618. $58.
First Enoch is surely one of the most important-and most daunting-writings from the period of Second Temple Judaism, and scholars have long bemoaned the lack of a full-blown, critical commentary on this book. But the wait is almost over. After three decades of work, Nickelsburg presents the first of two volumes commissioned for the Hermeneia series. In this volume, he treats 1 Enoch 1-36 and 81-108. In the second volume, N. will discuss the Book of Parables (chaps. 37-71), and James VanderKam...
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